Cajamarquilla
The Cajamarquilla archaeological site is located 25 km inland from the coastal city of Lima, Peru; in the Jicamarca Valley, 6 km north of the Rímac River.Photo: Harleyca, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: human settlement in Peru
- Also known as: “Ruinas Cajamarquilla”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Jicamarca Radio Observatory.
Jicamarca Radio Observatory
Research institute
Photo: Jicamarca Radio Observatory (JRO), Public domain.
The Jicamarca Radio Observatory is the equatorial anchor of the Western Hemisphere chain of Incoherent Scatter Radar observatories extending from Lima, Peru to Søndre Strømfjord, Greenland. Jicamarca Radio Observatory is situated 4 km northeast of Cajamarquilla.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Santa María de Huachipa and Huaycán.
Santa María de Huachipa
Village
Santa María de Huachipa is a town in Lurigancho-Chosica, a district of Lima Province, Peru. Santa María de Huachipa is situated 7 km southwest of Cajamarquilla.
Huaycán
Suburb
The urban community of Huaycán is a town of Lima, Peru, located in Ate District, approximately 16.5 kilometres east of Lima. It is home to thousands of immigrant settlers from different parts of Peru, looking to improve their standard of living and job opportunities in the city of Lima. Huaycán is situated 8 km southeast of Cajamarquilla.
Cajamarquilla
- Categories: human settlement, cultural property, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Lurigancho, Lima, Lima region, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-11.98111° or 11° 58′ 52″ southLongitude
-76.89667° or 76° 53′ 48″ westElevation
402 metres (1,319 feet)Open location code
57W52493+H8OpenStreetMap ID
node 1728415463OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Cajamarquilla” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Cajamarquilla”
- Dutch: “Cajamarquilla”
- French: “Cajamarquilla”
- Georgian: “კახამარკილია”
- Hebrew: “קחאמארקייה”
- Irish: “Cajamarquilla”
- Macedonian: “Кахамаркила”
- Polish: “Cajamarquilla”
- Quechua: “Kashamarkilla”
- Spanish: “Cajamarquilla”
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