Cajamarca ( Spanish pronunciation: [kaxaˈmaɾka] ; Quechua : Kashamarka ; Aymara : Qajamarka ) is a department and region in Peru . The capital is the city of Cajamarca . It is located in the north part of the country and shares a border with Ecuador . The city has an elevation of 2,700 metres (8,900 ft) above sea level in the Andes Mountain Range , the longest mountain range in the world. Part of its territory includes the Amazon Rainforest , the largest in the world.
6-644: The oldest known irrigation canals in the Americas are located in the Nanchoc District of Cajamarca Department. The canals in the Zaña Valley have been radiocarbon dated to 3400 BCE, and possibly date to 4700 BCE. From the 6th to the 10th century the people of the Wari culture ruled earlier cultures in the highlands. They established the administrative center of Wiraquchapampa . In the 15th century,
12-679: A tributary of the Zaña River , bisects the district. Nanchoc is located in an irrigated and cultivated valley about 1 kilometre (0.62 miles) wide and 60 kilometres (37 miles) from the Pacific Ocean to the west. Between the valley and the ocean is a low range of mountains and the Peruvian coastal desert. East of Nanchoc the Andes rise sharply and the greater precipitation in the Andes feeds
18-481: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Nanchoc District Nanchoc District is one of thirteen districts of San Miguel Province in the Cajamarca Region of Peru . In 2017, the district had an area of 359 square kilometres (139 sq mi) and a population of 1,368. The capital of the district is the town of Nanchoc which had a population of 332 in 2017. The Nanchoc River,
24-638: The Incas conquered the territory, expanding their empire. They established their regional capital in what is now Cajamarca. The Incas in 1465 established a new province there to serve as a bridge to their later conquests. Cajamarca had long been one of the oldest cities in South America when the Spanish arrived in their conquest of Peru . The Region is divided into 13 provinces . Province (Capital) This Cajamarca Region geography article
30-630: The Nanchoc River and its tributaries, permitting irrigated agriculture to flourish in the valley. Nanchoc district was created 2 December 1958 by Law No. 13039 del 2, during the second government of President Manuel Prado Ugarteche . At the time the district included the population centers of Carahuasi, Bolívar, El Espino, Trigal, La Aventuraza, El Diamante, La Tambora and Tingues. Most of these communities were separated from Nanchoc district in 1989 and placed in Bolivar District . On
36-467: The western side of the Nanchoc river, about 3 kilometres (1.9 miles) from the town of Nanchoc, archaeologist Tom Dillehay found evidence of the oldest known irrigation canals in the Americas, radiocarbon dated to at least 3400 BCE and possibly as old as 4700 BCE. The canals built by the people of Nanchoc at that time were utilized to irrigate crops such as peanuts , squash , manioc , and chenopods ,
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