Chota, Peru

Chota
Town
Cathedral of Chota
Chota
Coordinates: 6°33′41″S 78°38′55″W / 6.56139°S 78.64861°W / -6.56139; -78.64861
Country Peru
RegionCajamarca
ProvinceChota
DistrictChota
Government
 • MayorWerner Cabrera Campos
Area
 • Total
392.47 km2 (151.53 sq mi)
Elevation
2,388 m (7,835 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total
47,279
 • Density120.47/km2 (312.00/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)

Chota is a town in Northern Peru, capital of the province Chota in the region Cajamarca. The city is the seat of the Territorial Prelature of Chota.

Etymology

German researcher Ernst Middendorf, in his studies of ancient Peruvian languages, linked the city's name to the Aymara term chuta, meaning "milestone," "landmark," or "boundary stone" (Markstein). According to Middendorf, this toponym is part of a series of Aymara names distributed throughout the northern Peruvian highlands (such as those ending in -marca), which would explain its presence in various parts of the Andean highlands and its absence in the coastal region.[1][note 1]

Homonymous toponyms

The toponym Chota is distributed across various localities in Peru, according to historical and census geographical sources:

Amazonas

Ancash

Arequipa

Ayacucho

Cajamarca

Cusco

Huancavelica

Huánuco

La Libertad

  • Distribution map of the toponym Chota (and its variant Chuta) in Peru. Its prevalence in the Andean highlands is visible across the departments of Amazonas, Áncash, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Cusco, Huancavelica, Huánuco, and La Libertad.

History

Geography

Chota is located 150 km (93 mi) north of Cajamarca and 215 km (134 mi) east of Chiclayo. It lies at 2,388 m (7,835 ft) above sea level on the Acunta plateau, on the eastern slope of the Andes. The city is bounded on three sides by rivers of the westernmost Amazon basin: to the north is the San Mateo, to the east the Colpamayo. Both flow broadly westward into the Rio Chotano, which forms Chota's south-western boundary.

Climate

The city generally has a temperate climate. The rainfalls are due to El Niño cyclically because of the proximity to the Equator and for being a city in thermal ground floor. It has a mild winter and a hot and rainy summer from November to April. The average temperature is 17.8 °C.

Festivals

The main festival of the city is the San Juan Bautista festival. It starts on June 13 with the triumphal entry in a procession, bearing to June 24 as the central day. The activities that are carried out are:

  • The Identity of the Chotanos Day, held on 22 June, which pays tribute to José Manuel Silva and Anaximando Becerra Vega Mateola, independence hero and poet respectively. Both are famous people of Chota.
  • The festival of Sanjuanpampa, held at the farm of Corepuquio where festivals and concerts on 23 and 24 of June are performed. Also held here cultural events, typical dishes, dances, Paso horse contests, bullfights, motocross and soccer, but in daytime hours.
  • The election of the beauty "Flor de Chota", where ladies compete from all the villages and towns of the district of Chota. It takes place in two phases: qualifying and the grand final on 23 and 24 June respectively.
  • On the days 25, 26 and 27 of June, bullfights are held with international cartel in the famous Plaza de toros El Vizcaino, the second largest in Peru after the Plaza de toros de Acho in Lima. For this reason it is considered the Bullfighting Capital of Northern Peru.

Notes

  1. ^ Non-academic hypotheses have been proposed regarding a possible origin of the word Chota in the Mochica language. These interpretations lack consensus in specialized literature and are considered folk etymologies.

References

  1. ^ Middendorf, Ernst W. (1891). Die einheimischen Sprachen Perus: Bd. Die Aimará-Sprache (in German). Brockhaus. p. 16.
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  7. ^ a b Paz Soldán, Mariano Felipe (1877). Diccionario geográfico estadístico del Perú (in Spanish). Lima, Peru.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ^ Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones. Mapa vial distrital: Charcana (AR-040803) (PDF) (Map). Dirección de Disponibilidad de Predios.
  9. ^ Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones. Mapa vial distrital: Saisa (AY-050614) (PDF) (Map). Dirección de Disponibilidad de Predios.
  10. ^ Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones. Mapa vial distrital: Pullo (AY-050705) (PDF) (Map). Dirección de Disponibilidad de Predios.
  11. ^ Sanmartí, Primitivo (1905). Los pueblos del Perú. Impr. y Librería de San Pedro. p. 187.
  12. ^ Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones. Mapa vial distrital: San Juan (HV-090410) (PDF) (Map). Dirección de Disponibilidad de Predios.
  13. ^ Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones. Mapa vial distrital: Agallpampa (LL-130602) (PDF) (Map). Dirección de Disponibilidad de Predios.
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