Cayma
Qayma
Coat of arms of Cayma
Coordinates: 16°22′53.50″S 71°32′44.02″W / 16.3815278°S 71.5455611°W / -16.3815278; -71.5455611
Country Peru
RegionArequipa
ProvinceArequipa
CapitalCayma, Peru
Government
  MayorSantiago Ulises Torres Montes Revilla
Area
  Total246.31 km2 (95.10 sq mi)
Elevation
2,403 m (7,884 ft)
Population
  Total75,908
  Density310/km2 (800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO040103
Websitemunicayma.gob.pe

Cayma District is one of the twenty-nine districts of the Arequipa Province in Peru.[1]

Arequipa is known as the birthplace of Adobo, the city's official dish. It also houses 17th century churches. It is the place were the Lozada family, one of Arequipa's most prestigious families and founders of the Arequipa Clinic,[2] have lived since their arrival from Spain in the 1800s.

References

  1. (in Spanish) Municipalidad Distrital de la Villa de Cayma, Municipalidad Distrital de la Villa de Cayma, Retrieved November 9, 2007.
  2. "Dr. Lozada Stambury, Benigno".


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