Jauja is a town of 25,000 people in central Peru, capital of a province with a population of 105,000. It is situated in the fertile Mantaro Valley, 45 kilometers to the north of Huancayo (the capital of Junín Region), at an altitude of 3,400 m. The Mantaro Valley, with its main city of Huancayo, lies east of the capital of Peru, Lima. ... Huancayo is the capital of the Junín Region, in the central highlands of Peru. ... Junín is a region in the central highlands of Peru. ...

Jauja's cathedral was the first to be built in Peru (and South America) on the orders of Francisco Pizarro

After the Spanish had sealed the conquest of Peru by taking Cusco in 1533, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro established Jauja as Peru's provisional capital in April of 1534. The foundation of Lima by Pizarro in 1535, however, overshadowed Jauja's importance. Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 371 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 371 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... There lies Peru with its riches; Here, Panama and its poverty. ... Cusco (also Cuzco, Qosqo, or Qusqu) is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Urubamba Valley (Sacred Valley) of the Andes mountain range. ... Events January 25 - King Henry VIII of England marries Anne Boleyn, his second Queen consort. ... Conquistador (Spanish: []) (meaning Conqueror in the Spanish language) is the term used to refer to the soldiers, explorers, and adventurers who brought much of the Americas and Asia Pacific under Spanish colonial rule between the 15th and 17th centuries, starting with the 1492 settlement established in modern-day Cuba by... Francisco Pizarro (c. ... Events February 27 - Group of Anabaptists of Jan Matthys seize Münster and declare it The New Jerusalem - they begin to exile dissenters and forcible baptize all others May 10 - Jacques Cartier explores Newfoundland while searching for the Northwest Passage. ... Lima is the capital and largest city in Peru, as well as the capital of Lima Province. ... Events January 18 - Lima, Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro April - Jacques Cartier discovers the Iroquois city of Stadacona, Canada (now Quebec) and in May, the even greater Huron city of Hochelaga June 24 - The Anabaptist state of Münster (see Münster Rebellion) is conquered and disbanded. ...

Jauja has been surpassed by Huancayo as a commercial center in recent years. The small city, however, has retained much of its colonial-era charm. Huancayo is the capital of the Junín Region, in the central highlands of Peru. ...

In Spanish language, Jauja is also the name of the proverbial Land of Cockaigne where people can live not having to work. The riches of the real Jauja at the time of the conquest created this myth. Pieter Bruegel the Elders The Land of Cockaigne, painted in 1567. ...

Over the years the people of Jauja have come to refer to their town and region as "el pais de Jauja" literally the country of Jauja. This name was also used in Edgardo Rivera's book on the area and its culture.

External links

• Locally made Website
• Another site with pictures and information

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