Andajes District is one of six districts of the province Oyón in Peru.[1]
Andajes | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Lima |
| Province | Oyón |
| Founded | January 2, 1857 |
| Capital | Andajes |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Otmar Conejo Chavarría (2019-2022) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 148.18 km2 (57.21 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,487 m (11,440 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 546 |
| • Density | 3.7/km2 (9.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 150902 |
| Website | https://web.archive.org/web/20100523150846/http://www.muniandajes.gob.pe/ |
It is located in the northern highlands of the department of Lima Province Oyón 23 km to the NW of the town of Churín at an altitud of 3,487 meters.
Andajes historic village the land of "Martyrs of Democracy" cradle of delicacies called by the investigator Antonio Raimondi "Balcony of the Andes". It was created politically January 2, 1857, by General Ramón Castilla. Currently there are annexes: La Chimba and San Benito.
Etymologically the term Andajes place names comer from two Quechua. "Anta" means copper and "Jaja" or "casha" which means thorn. Another version is that it was named by Spanish Andaxes and eventually led to Andajes.
References
edit- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
External links
edit- [1][ Andajes District Municipality]
- [2][permanent dead link] [Lima Regional Government - Tourism - Andajes]
- [3][Rural Website Andajes Lima (Perú)]
- [4] Archived 2015-02-22 at the Wayback Machine[Map of travelers - Andajes (Perú)]
- [5] Archived 2017-09-14 at the Wayback Machine[Traveler daily - Andajes (Perú)]
- [6] Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine [Hotels, ecotourism, rented rooms, hostels, bed & breakfast Andajes (Perú)]
- [7][Church - Andajes (Perú)]
- [8] [Education - Andajes (Perú)]
- [9][Water Festival - Andajes (Perú)]
- [10] [Folkloric songs - Andajes (Perú)]
- [11][Blancmange Festival - Andajes (Perú)]
- [12][Water festival pictures - Andajes (Perú)]
- [13][Caporales Party- Andajes (Perú)]
- [14][Additional axes - Peru Truth Commission Report]
- [15][Sol de oro and other memories - En Andajes]
- [16][Map - Andajes]
- [17][Archaeological Complex Antashuay - Andajes]
- [18] [Archaeological site Antashuay - Andajes]
- [19] Archived 2017-10-12 at the Wayback Machine [Traveler Pictures Churín 2010 - Antashuay - Andajes]
- [20][Churín Spa]