Cajabamba

Cajabamba is a town in northern Peru and the capital of Cajabamba Province in the Cajamarca Region. According to the article the province was founded by Augustinian friars sent from Spain who arrived in 1533; three of them, Juan de San Pedro, Juan del Canto and Juan Ramírez, called the Three Juans, settled on the right bank of the Los Ojos de Lanla spring, reorganised the scattered groups called Huarangas and founded the town of San Nicolás de Tolentino de Cajabamba, with a mission chapel where the Santa Ana General Cemetery now stands. José de la Mar gave it the title of Villa in 1837, Agustín Gamarra granted it the title of Always faithful city of Cajabamba two years later, the region became a province on 2 January 1850, and the present Main Church was completed in 1861. The Festival of the Virgin of the Rosary has been held every year since 1668, beginning on the first Sunday of October with ten days of fireworks, local arts and traditional dances. The painter José Sabogal was born in Cajabamba on 19 March 1888, and a painting contest carries his name. The climate is subtropical highland, with a dry season from June to August.