La Jalca
La Jalca was the first Spanish foundation of the region in northern Peru. It was established as the first head office of the current city of Chachapoyas.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 2,390 residents
- Description: town in Amazonas, Peru
- Also known as: “Jalca”, “Jalca Grande”, and “Purísima Concepción de Badajoz de La Jalca”
La Jalca
- Category: locality
- Location: La Jalca District, Chachapoyas Province, Amazonas, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-6.48451° or 6° 29′ 4″ southLongitude
-77.81549° or 77° 48′ 56″ westPopulation
2,390Elevation
2,850 metres (9,350 feet)Open location code
6754G58M+5ROpenStreetMap ID
node 1412120883OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3695806Wikidata ID
Q3374297
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“La Jalca” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “La Jalca”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “La Jalca”
- Norwegian: “La Jalca”
- Quechua: “La Jalca”
- Quechua: “Shallka”
- Spanish: “La Jalca”
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