Chachapoyas is the capital of Peru's Amazonas Region, a city in the northern Peruvian mountains at an elevation of about 2,335 meters. Spanish conquistador Alonso de Alvarado founded the city on September 5, 1538. The 2017 census recorded a population of 32,026. Situated far from the Peruvian coast, Chachapoyas remains fairly isolated from other parts of Peru, reached by bus from Chiclayo and Cajamarca or by flights through Chachapoyas Airport, and its economy centers on agriculture, including sugar cane, orchids, and coffee.
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1. Chachapoyas, Peru (Wikipedia)
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Chachapoyas (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃa.tʃaˈpo.ʝas]) is a city in northern Peru at an elevation of 2,335 meters (7,661 ft).
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It was founded on September 5, 1538, by the Spanish conquistador Alonso de Alvarado "and his twenty".
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Situated in the mountains far from the Peruvian coast, Chachapoyas remains fairly isolated from other regions of Peru.
View the Source2. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -6.25, -77.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -6.25, -77.75
-6.25 -77.75 Cfb
3. GeoNames: Chachapoyas - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3698540, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 3698540, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
-6.23169 -77.86903 P PPLA PE 01 0101 010101 32026 2360 America/Lima
Chachapoyas (Wikipedia)
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