Andajes District

Andajes
District
Country  Peru
Region Lima
Province Oyón
Founded January 2, 1857
Capital Andajes
Government
 • Mayor Juan Antonio Bernabe Conejo
Area
 • Total 148.18 km2 (57.21 sq mi)
Elevation 3,487 m (11,440 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 1,030
 • Density 7.0/km2 (18/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 150902
Website http://www.muniandajes.gob.pe/

Andajes District is one of six districts of the province Oyón in Peru.[1]

It is located in the northern highlands of the department of Lima Province Oyón 23 km to the NW of the town of Churín at an altitud of 3.487 meters.

Andajes historic village the land of "Martyrs of Democracy" cradle of delicacies called by the investigator Antonio Raimondi "Balcony of the Andes". It was created politically January 2, 1857 by General Ramón Castilla. Currently there are annexes: La Chimba and San Benito.

Etymologically the term Andajes place names comer from two Quechua. "Anta" means copper and "Jaja" or "casha" which means thorn. Another version is that it was named by Spanish Andaxes and eventually led to Andajes.

References

  1. ↑ (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.

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Coordinates: 10°47′33″S 76°54′32″W / 10.7926°S 76.9089°W