Lajas District

Lajas District is one of nineteen districts of the province Chota in . The main provincial town is Lajas, home to an estimated 4,000 people. There is a significant population of Spanish ancestry. The town carnivals are celebrated in July.
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  • Type: Locality with 11,300 residents
  • Description: district in Cajamarca, Peru
  • Also known as: “Lajas distritu”

Lajas District

Latitude
-6.5743° or 6° 34′ 28″ south
Longitude
-78.7275° or 78° 43′ 39″ west
Population
11,300
Elevation
2,367 metres (7,766 feet)
Open location code
6753C7GF+72
Geo­Names ID
8351324
Wiki­data ID
Q6474269
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In Other Languages

From Aymara to Urdu—“Lajas District” goes by many names.
  • Aymara: “Lajas jisk’a t’aqa suyu”
  • Cebuano: “Lajas (distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Lajas”
  • Chinese: “拉哈斯區”
  • Georgian: “ლახასის რაიონი”
  • German: “Distrikt Lajas”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Lajas”
  • Portuguese: “Lajas”
  • Quechua: “Laqha distritu”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Lajas”
  • Urdu: “لاخاس ضلع”

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