# Cutervo

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'''Cutervo''' is a town in northern [Peru](/source/Peru), capital of both [Cutervo District](/source/Cutervo_District) and [Cutervo Province](/source/Cutervo_Province) in the [Cajamarca Region](/source/Cajamarca_Region).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cutervo en la region de Cajamarca - Municipio y municipalidad de Perú |url=https://www.distrito.pe/distrito-cutervo.html |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=www.distrito.pe}}</ref> As of 2020, Cutervo had a population of 51,272.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.inei.gob.pe/media/MenuRecursivo/publicaciones_digitales/Est/Lib1715/libro.pdf |title=Perú: Estimaciones y Proyecciones de Población por Departamento, Provincia, y Distrito, 2018-2020 |publisher=Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática |year=2020 |location=Lima |language=es}}</ref>

== History ==
Based on the remains of pictographs, ceramics, and metal tools, it is concluded that this region, now known as Cutervo, has been populated since ancient times. During the pre-Inca period, the territory was part of the Wari culture, and later, during the Inca period, it was part of the Huampos or Guambos. The expansion of the Inca Empire subdued the peoples of this region around 1460, a task attributed to the Inca Tupac Yupanqui. Later, the Guambos kingdom was converted into a Wamani, or province, of the Chinchaysuyo empire. 

With the arrival of the Spanish, this territory was incorporated as part of the [Trujillo](/source/Trujillo%2C_Peru) government. In 1540, the lands were distributed through encomiendas, with the province of Guambos, to which Cutervo belonged, corresponding to the Spanish Lorenzo de Ulloa.

On November 12, 1823, the first Political Constitution of Peru was promulgated. The first Constituent Congress established that the territory of the republic would be divided into departments, these into provinces, and the provinces into districts.In 1834, a commission of notables called the "Departmental Board of Cajamarca" was formed in the city of Cajamarca to work toward the creation of the department by separating it from [La Libertad](/source/Department_of_La_Libertad).

Once Independence was proclaimed and the Republic was established, Cutervo was elevated by Decree of [Simón Bolívar](/source/Sim%C3%B3n_Bol%C3%ADvar) dated January 28, 1825, to the category of District of the province of Chota, which was part of the department of La Libertad, until the year 1855 when the [Department of Cajamarca](/source/Department_of_Cajamarca) was created.

==Geography==

=== Location ===
The city is located in the central part of the [Cajamarca Region](/source/Cajamarca_Region), in the central mountain range of the northern Peruvian Andes, approximately 100 kilometers north of the departmental capital. It lies on the left bank of the Cutervo River, which flows into the Sócota River and through the Llaucán River into the Marañón River. The district's surface area is estimated at 422.27 square kilometers.

=== Climate ===
Chivay has a [subtropical highland climate](/source/subtropical_highland_climate) ([Köppen](/source/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification): ''Cfb'')<ref>{{Cite journal |date=23 October 2023 |title=Table 1 Overview of the Köppen-Geiger climate classes including the defining criteria. |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-023-02549-6/tables/1 |journal=Nature: Scientific Data |language=en}}</ref> characterized by consistent mild temperatures.

Cutervo experiences relatively stable temperatures throughout the year, with slight fluctuations between months. The yearly average high temperature is 17.7°C (63.9°F), while the yearly average low temperature is 9.8°C (49.6°F).<ref name="WMONormals"/>

The total annual precipitation is around {{convert|1000|mm}}. Cutervo has a [dry season](/source/dry_season), from June to August, which sees significantly reduced precipitation.<ref name="WMONormals"/>

{{Weather box
 | width       = auto
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 | location    = Cutervo (1991–2020)
 | Jan high C = 17.4
 | Feb high C = 17.3
 | Mar high C = 17.4
 | Apr high C = 17.9
 | May high C = 17.8
 | Jun high C = 17.0
 | Jul high C = 16.6
 | Aug high C = 17.4
 | Sep high C = 18.2
 | Oct high C = 18.5
 | Nov high C = 18.9
 | Dec high C = 17.9
 | year high C = 17.7
 | Jan low C = 9.6
 | Feb low C = 10.0
 | Mar low C = 10.4
 | Apr low C = 10.5
 | May low C = 10.2
 | Jun low C = 9.6
 | Jul low C = 9.0
 | Aug low C = 9.1
 | Sep low C = 9.7
 | Oct low C = 9.8
 | Nov low C = 9.4
 | Dec low C = 9.8
 | year low C = 9.8
 | precipitation colour = green
 | Jan precipitation mm = 102.5
 | Feb precipitation mm = 129.6
 | Mar precipitation mm = 157.9
 | Apr precipitation mm = 107.9
 | May precipitation mm = 69.0
 | Jun precipitation mm = 27.0
 | Jul precipitation mm = 20.6
 | Aug precipitation mm = 16.8
 | Sep precipitation mm = 51.1
 | Oct precipitation mm = 117.0
 | Nov precipitation mm = 98.8
 | Dec precipitation mm = 121.2
 | year precipitation mm = 1019.4
 | source 1 = [NOAA](/source/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration)<ref name="WMONormals">{{cite web
|url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-3-WMO-Normals-9120/Peru/CSV/Cutervo_83402.csv
|title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Cutervo
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = January 27, 2024}}</ref>
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==References==
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Category:Populated places in the Department of Cajamarca
Category:Populated places established in 1560

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