Cajatambo province

{{Short description|Province of Peru}}{{Infobox settlement  | name = Cajatambo | settlement_type = [[provinces of Peru|Province]] | image_skyline = File:Siula_grande.jpg | image_caption = Peaks of the [[Waywash mountain range|Waywash]] mountain range on the eastern border of the province as seen from the south | image_flag = | image_shield = | image_map = Location of the province Cajatambo in Lima.svg | map_caption = Location of Cajatambo in Lima | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Peru]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Peru|Department]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Department of Lima|Lima]] | established_title = Founded | established_date = | seat_type = Capital | seat = [[Cajatambo]] | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = José Del Carmen Flores Fuentes Rivera<br><small>(2019–2022)</small> | area_total_km2 = 1515.21 | elevation_m = 3376 | population_total = 6559 | population_footnotes = | population_density_km2 = auto | blank_name_sec1 = [[UBIGEO]] | blank_info_sec1 = 1503 | website = }} '''Cajatambo''' is a [[Provinces of Peru|province]] of the [[department of Lima]], [[Peru]]. From the administrative point of view of the [[Catholic Church in Peru]], it forms part of the [[Diocese of Huacho]]. It is bordered to the north by the [[Ancash Region]], to the east by the [[Huánuco Region]], to the south by the [[Oyón Province|province of Oyón]], and to the west by the [[Huaura Province|province of Huaura]]. Its capital is [[Cajatambo]].

==History== From 1851 to 1916 Cajatambo was part of [[Ancash Region]] and also included the areas of the provinces of [[Bolognesi Province|Bolognesi]] and [[Ocros Province|Ocros]], which remained in that region. Bolognesi, including Ocros until 1990, split from Cajatambo in 1903; in 1916 Cajatambo was given to Lima Region.

== Geography == The [[Waywash mountain range|Waywash]] mountain range traverses the province. Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:<ref name=escale>escale.minedu.gob.pe UGEL map of the province of Cajatambo (Lima Region)</ref>

{{columns-list|colwidth=15em| * [[Awkillu]] * [[Awkin]] * Ayar Mach'ay * [[Challwaqucha (Cajatambo-Oyón)|Challwaqucha]] * [[Chhanka]] * [[Ch'ura]] * Ichik Qayqu * [[Mataqucha]] * [[Millpu (Cajatambo)|Millpu]] * [[Mishi Waqanan]] * [[Mit'u Punta]] * [[Muntiqucha]] * [[Parya Ukru]] * [[Pishtaq (Lima)|Pishtaq]] * [[Puka Parya]] * [[Puka Qaqa]] * [[Puka Qaqa (Muntiqucha)|Puka Qaqa]] (Mun.) * [[Pumarinri (Lima)|Pumarinri]] * Punta Rukma * [[Puskan T'urpu]] * [[Puywan]] * Phasa Pukyu * [[Phuyuq]] * [[P'ukru]] * [[Qullqan]] * [[Qulluta Warkhu]] * Qupan * Q'ara Chuku * Q'aramarka * [[Rahu Qulluta]] * [[Rasac|Rasaq]] * Rukma * [[Sarapu (Peru)|Sarapu]] * [[Suyruqucha (Cajatambo)|Suyruqucha]] * Shawaq * T'uruqucha * Utkhush * [[Wakrish]] * Wanchaq * Waqra * [[Waqra Punta]] * [[Waqshash]] * [[Wathiyaqucha]] * [[Waylla Hirka]] * [[Waylla Hirka (Cajatambo)|Waylla Hirka]] (Caj.) * [[Yana Kushman]] * [[Yana Hirka (Lima)|Yana Hirka]] * Yana K'uchu * Yana Paryan * [[Yana Uqsha (Cajatambo)|Yana Uqsha]] * Yura Hirka * [[Yuraq Qaqa (Lima)|Yuraq Qaqa]] }}

==Population== The province has a population of approximately 10,000 people.

==Industry== Historically, the principal products of the province have been [[cattle]] and [[sheep]], although [[cochineal]] is also produced in the area.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Cajatambo|volume=4|page=961}}</ref>

==See also== * [[Quyllurqucha (Lima)|Quyllurqucha]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{in lang|es}} [http://www.cajatambo.com/ www.cajatambo.com]

[[Category:Provinces of the Department of Lima]]