Jauja

Jauja, is in . It is at an altitude of 3,400 m. Its population in 2015 was about 15,000 people. The town, with a laid-back ambiance and salubrious climate, has narrow streets with houses painted blue.
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Places of Interest

Highlights: Cathedral of Jauja.

Church
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is a church.

Jauja

Latitude
-11.7752° or 11° 46′ 31″ south
Longitude
-75.5° or 75° 30′ west
Population
30,000
Elevation
3,380 metres (11,089 feet)
IATA airport code
JAU
UN/LOCODE
PE JAU
Open location code
57W66FFX+WX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5326264643
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3937733
Wiki­data ID
Q917434
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Jauja” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جاويا”
  • Asturian: “Jauja”
  • Aymara: “Xauxa”
  • Catalan: “Jauja (ciutat peruana)”
  • Catalan: “Jauja”
  • Cebuano: “Jauja (kapital sa distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Jauja”
  • Chinese: “豪哈”
  • Danish: “Jauja”
  • Dutch: “Jauja”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جاويا”
  • Esperanto: “Jauja”
  • French: “Jauja”
  • German: “Jauja”
  • Hebrew: “חאוחה”
  • Italian: “Jauja”
  • Japanese: “ハウハ”
  • Latvian: “Hauha”
  • Lithuanian: “Chaucha”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jauja”
  • Norwegian: “Jauja”
  • Ossetian: “Хаухæ”
  • Persian: “حائوحا”
  • Persian: “خائوخا”
  • Polish: “Jauja”
  • Portuguese: “Jauja”
  • Quechua: “Shawsha”
  • Russian: “Хауха (город)”
  • Russian: “Хауха”
  • Scots: “Jauja”
  • Spanish: “Jauja”
  • Swedish: “Jauja”
  • Ukrainian: “Хауха”
  • Urdu: “جاجا”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Jauja”

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