Oxapampa
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Oxapampa |
| image_skyline | {{Photo montage |
| photo1a | OxapampaPlaza.jpg |
| size | 220 |
| image_flag | Bandera de Oxapampa.png |
| image_shield | Escudo de Oxapampa.png |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_type2 | Province |
| subdivision_type3 | District |
| subdivision_name1 | Pasco |
| subdivision_name2 | Oxapampa |
| subdivision_name3 | Oxapampa |
| pushpin_map | Peru |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Peru |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Juan Carlos La Torre Moscoso |
| elevation_m | 1814 |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 1891 |
| population_total | 14304 |
| population_as_of | 2017 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| timezone | PET |
| utc_offset | −5 |
| :: |
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Oxapampa is the capital of Oxapampa District and Oxapampa Province in Peru in the eastern part of the Pasco Region. Oxapampa belongs to the natural region known as Selva Alta or high jungle. 80 km northward down the valley of the Huancabamba River is the settlement of Pozuzo (altitude 800 m). The most important agricultural pursuits in the region are raising cattle and growing coffee.
Oxapampa was founded in 1891 by settlers of Austrian and Germanic origin from Pozuzo. The town and the region retains a Germanic flavor in its Tyrolean architecture and celebrates its origins in public celebrations. Oxapampa, due to its mild climate and scenic surroundings, has become a tourist destination since access was improved by highway construction beginning in the 1980s.
Etymology
Oxapampa comes from the Quechua Uqshapampa, meaning "straw plain" or "grassy plain", where uqsha means "straw" and pampa means "plain" or flat area.
The toponym is Koshapampó in Yanesha'.
History
In March 1857, a group of 300 Tyrolean and Prussian settlers, consisting mainly of poor peasant families and couples who were not allowed to marry in their home countries, boarded the “Norton” to go to Peru. Before starting the journey, the couples were married. After 4 months, the settlers arrived at Callao port in Lima. After two days of quarantine, the settlers took a ship to the port of Huacho, where their belongings were put on mules and men had to continue the journey on foot while women and children were given donkeys to ride on. The journey went from Huancho to Cerro de Pasco, Acobamba and Santa Cruz. On the way, some of the settlers left the group. In 1858, the male settlers travelled from Santa Cruz to Pozuzo to partition the lands and sow enough so they would be able to live off their crops once their families arrived. Finally, in 1859 a group of 170 people moved permanently to Pozuzo.
In 1891, when things were better, a group of colonists from Pozuzo founded the city of Oxapampa (now the capital of the province of same name) and then the town of Villa Rica (both south of Pozuzo).
Geography
Climate
Oxapama has a Cfb (humid, sub-tropical with warm summers, "eternal spring" ) climate under the Köppen Classification system. Measured by the Trewartha climate classification system the climate is Crlk (humid, subtropical with mild summers and cool winters). Oxapampa's climate is modified by its altitude which results in lower temperatures year round than the nearby low-elevation tropics. The monthly deviation in average temperatures between the hottest and coldest months is only 2.2 C-change. The austral winter months of June, July, and August are moderately dry, but rain is abundant during the remainder of the year. |metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Oxapampa, elevation 1801 m, (1991–2020) |Jan high C = 23.0 |Feb high C = 22.8 |Mar high C = 23.1 |Apr high C = 23.4 |May high C = 23.2 |Jun high C = 22.9 |Jul high C = 22.9 |Aug high C = 23.6 |Sep high C = 23.9 |Oct high C = 24.0 |Nov high C = 24.0 |Dec high C = 23.2 |year high C = |Jan mean C = 18.5 |Feb mean C = 18.5 |Mar mean C = 18.4 |Apr mean C = 18.3 |May mean C = 18.0 |Jun mean C = 17.4 |Jul mean C = 17.0 |Aug mean C = 17.3 |Sep mean C = 17.6 |Oct mean C = 18.4 |Nov mean C = 18.7 |Dec mean C = 18.6 |year mean C = |Jan low C = 14.0 |Feb low C = 14.1 |Mar low C = 13.7 |Apr low C = 13.1 |May low C = 12.7 |Jun low C = 11.8 |Jul low C = 11.0 |Aug low C = 11.0 |Sep low C = 11.2 |Oct low C = 12.7 |Nov low C = 13.3 |Dec low C = 13.9 |year low C = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 203.0 |Feb precipitation mm = 223.4 |Mar precipitation mm = 194.4 |Apr precipitation mm = 96.2 |May precipitation mm = 48.7 |Jun precipitation mm = 30.9 |Jul precipitation mm = 36.1 |Aug precipitation mm = 42.1 |Sep precipitation mm = 55.8 |Oct precipitation mm = 108.4 |Nov precipitation mm = 114.9 |Dec precipitation mm = 195.9 |year precipitation mm = |source 1 = National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230821192714/https://www.senamhi.gob.pe/?p=normales-estaciones | archive-date = 21 August 2023 | url = https://www.senamhi.gob.pe/?p=normales-estaciones | title = Normales Climáticas Estándares y Medias 1991-2020 | publisher=National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru | access-date = 20 June 2024}}
Gallery
File:Vista de Oxapampa desde el Mirador de Chontabamba.jpg|Oxapampa valley with the town in the distance. Image:Plaza de Oxapampa 03.jpg|The main plaza Image:Oxapampa Perú.jpg|The church on the main plaza. Image:Oxapampa peru.jpg|Celebrating their German heritage. Image:Catarata Anana.JPG|Anana waterfall Image:Rio Huancabamba - panoramio.jpg|Huancabamba River, near Oxapampa.
References
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- "Oxapampa (en yánesha: Koshapampó) drone Perú 😍".
- "Blues Selvático en Koshapampó (en Yanesha) o Oxapampa-Resumen 2023 en el veranito 🇵🇪❤ en Café Bambú".
- Moll, Siegfried. (2007). "Peru wollte deutsche Einwanderer – Teil I". Traunsteiner Tagblatt.
- Moll, Siegfried. (2007). "Peru wollte deutsche Einwanderer – Teil II". Traunsteiner Tagblatt.
- Dilwyn Jenkins. (2009-07-01). "The Rough Guide to Peru". Rough Guides Limited.
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