Cajamarca Department
San Ignacio Province
San Ignacio District

San Ignacio

The city of San Ignacio is the capital of San Ignacio, one of the thirteen provinces that make up the Department of Cajamarca, under the administration of the regional government of Cajamarca, in Peru.
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  • Type: Town with 7,910 residents
  • Description: town in Peru
  • Also known as: “San Ignacio de la Frontera” and “San Ignacio, Perú”

San Ignacio

Latitude
-5.14592° or 5° 8′ 45″ south
Longitude
-79.00365° or 79° 0′ 13″ west
Population
7,910
Elevation
1,271 metres (4,170 feet)
United Nations Location Code
PE SAI
Open location code
6762VX3W+JG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 483557650
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3692529
Wiki­data ID
Q11011907
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Waray—“San Ignacio” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “San Ignacio (kapital sa distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “San Ignacio”
  • Chinese: “聖伊格納西奧德拉弗龍特拉”
  • Persian: “سن ایگناسیو، پرو”
  • Persian: “سن ایگناسیو”
  • Portuguese: “San Ignacio”
  • Quechua: “San Ignacio (Kashamarka)”
  • Quechua: “San Ignacio”
  • Spanish: “San Ignacio de la Frontera”
  • Spanish: “San Ignacio, Peru”
  • Spanish: “San Ignacio, Perú”
  • Spanish: “San Ignacio”
  • Waray (Philippines): “San Ignacio de la Frontera”

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