Cajamarca Department
Cajamarca Province
Magdalena District

Cumbemayo

Cumbemayo or Cumbe Mayo is an archaeological site located 20 kilometers southwest of the city of in at 3,500 meters of elevation. Built around 1500 B.C.E, it comprises , a grotto and ; all within an area of rock formations.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: archaeological site
  • Also known as: “Cumbe Mayo”, “Kumbe Mayo”, and “Los Frailones”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cajamarca.

Photo: Harleyca, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also known by the Quechua name, Kashamarka, is the capital and largest city of the Region as well as an important cultural and commercial center in the northern Andes.

Cumbemayo

Latitude
-7.19056° or 7° 11′ 26″ south
Longitude
-78.57305° or 78° 34′ 23″ west
Elevation
3,600 metres (11,811 feet)
Open location code
6743RC5G+QQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 633941529
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q973833
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Cumbemayo” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “昆貝瑪約”
  • Dutch: “Cumbe Mayo”
  • French: “Cumbe Mayo”
  • Georgian: “კუმბე-მაიო”
  • Hebrew: “קומבה מאיו”
  • Italian: “Cumbe Mayo”
  • Macedonian: “Кумпи Мају”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cumbe Mayo”
  • Polish: “Cumbe Mayo”
  • Portuguese: “Cumbe Mayo”
  • Portuguese: “Humpi Maio”
  • Portuguese: “Kumpi Mayu”
  • Quechua: “Kumpi Mayu”
  • Russian: “Кумбе-Майо”
  • Spanish: “Cumbemayo”
  • Ukrainian: “Кумбе-Майо”

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Highlights include Face-shaped rock and El Sanctuario.

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