Cayma District

Cayma
Qayma
District
Coat of arms of Cayma
Coat of arms
Map
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
 • Total
246.31 km2 (95.10 sq mi)
Elevation
2,403 m (7,884 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
75,908
 • 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]

Cayma is known as the birthplace of Adobo, the city's official dish. It also houses 17th century churches. It is the place where 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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