Juanjuí
title: "Juanjuí" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-the-department-of-san-martín"] topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-the-department-of-san-martin" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juanjuí" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Juanjuí |
| native_name | |
| nicknames | Ciudad de los Encantos (The city of the Charm), Cuna historica del Gran Pajatén (Historical birthplace of Gran Pajatén) |
| module | {{Photomontage |
| photo1a | Plaza juanjui.JPG |
| photo2a | Puertoamberesjuanjui.jpg |
| photo2b | Rio huallaga juanjui.jpg |
| photo3a | Municipalidad de Juanjui.jpg |
| photo3b | PlazadeArmasJJI.jpg |
| photo4a | Gran Pajaten.jpg |
| spacing | 1 |
| position | center |
| color_border | white |
| color | white |
| size | 260 |
| image_seal | Escudo_Juanjui.png |
| seal_size | 75px |
| pushpin_map | Peru |
| pushpin_label_position | left |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | San Martín |
| subdivision_type2 | Province |
| subdivision_name2 | Mariscal Cáceres |
| subdivision_type3 | District |
| subdivision_name3 | Juanjuí |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Victor Raúl López Escudero |
| leader_title1 | |
| established_title2 | |
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| unit_pref | |
| settlement_type | Town |
| population_total | 54006 |
| timezone | PET |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| elevation_m | 283 |
| postal_code_type | |
| website | www.munijuanjui.gob.pe |
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Juanjuí is a town in Northern Peru, capital of the province Mariscal Cáceres in the San Martín Region and located in the left edge of Huallaga River. There are 54,006 inhabitants, according to the 2010 census.
History
The Spanish captain José Gaspar López Salcedo founded this city on September 24, 1827 under the name of Juanjui a contraction of "Juan Huido" (Juan, the escaped). The population of Juanjui was originally formed mainly by Kichwa-Lamista immigrants from the province of Lamas, who migrated from the late eighteenth and early decades of the nineteenth century.
It is said that the pioneer of these immigrants was an Amerindian named Juan, who fled the Lamas, or by the mistreatment or persecution for justice of the missionaries. He came to give these territories and to live with the people of Chacho Village. After some years he returned to Lamas and brought his family and some other families who came attracted by the abundance of references wildlife. This immigration was intensified even further the independence cause. By then the settlement of Chacho Lamas was already known as the land of "Juan Huido", with it came more immigrants from Lamas.
Over the years, Juan Huido was derived the name of Juanjui to designate in any way to these territories.
On July 2, 1940. Juanjui was declared capital city of the new province of Mariscal Caceres.
Geography
Climate
Juanjui has a tropical climate, warm and humid.
|location = Juanjuí |collapsed = Yes |single line = Yes |metric first = Yes |Jan mean C = 27 |Feb mean C = 26 |Mar mean C = 26 |Apr mean C = 26 |May mean C = 26 |Jun mean C = 25 |Jul mean C = 25 |Aug mean C = 26 |Sep mean C = 26 |Oct mean C = 27 |Nov mean C = 27 |Dec mean C = 27 |year mean C = 26 |Jan precipitation mm = 101 |Feb precipitation mm = 144 |Mar precipitation mm = 164 |Apr precipitation mm = 180 |May precipitation mm = 119 |Jun precipitation mm = 74 |Jul precipitation mm = 64 |Aug precipitation mm = 65 |Sep precipitation mm = 87 |Oct precipitation mm = 162 |Nov precipitation mm = 152 |Dec precipitation mm = 118 |year precipitation mm = 1429 |source 1 = Weatherbase |url =http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=844740&refer=wikipedia&cityname=Juanjui-San-Martin-Peru&units=metric |title =Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Juanjuí, Peru |publisher=Weatherbase |year=2011}}Retrieved on July 12, 2012. |date=July 2012
Neighborhoods
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Puertoamberesjuanjui.jpg" caption="Palm Trees in Puerto Amberes."] ::
In Juanjui, there are 8 representative neighborhoods around downtown:
- Chambira
- Juanjuicillo
- La Merced
- La Victoria
- Puerto Amberes
- San Juan
- Santa Rosa
Gran Pajaten monuments
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Plaza_de_armas_juanjui-Peru.png" caption="Gran Pajaten inspired tower in the town's 'Plaza de armas'"] ::
The town has some monuments dedicated to the ancient Gran Pajaten settlement that is located close by. This is related to Chachapoya culture.
Twin towns - Sister cities
- PER Chiclayo, Peru
- JPN Chiba Prefecture, Japan
- PER Tingo Maria, Peru
- NED Utrecht, Netherlands
- ISL Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
- ARG Cordoba, Argentina
References
References
- Juanjuí Peru, [http://www.juanjui.com Bienvenido a Juanjuí - Perú] {{webarchive. link. (2008-03-02 , Retrieved February 18, 2008)
- (2021). "TERRITORIOS Y RECURSOS NATURALES DE LOS PUEBLOS INDÍGENAS EN LA AMAZONÍA PERUANA". Ministerio de Desarrollo Agrario y Riego Dirección General de Saneamiento de la Propiedad Agraria y Catastro Rural.
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