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Chachapoyas| City and capital of the department of Amazonas in Peru; population (2005) 21,400. Chachapoyas stands at 2,334 m/7,657 above sea-level. The city was badly damaged by an earthquake in July 1971. It is a small-scale industrial centre. |
| Chachapoyas was founded in 1538 by Alonso de Alvarado, who also founded Moyobamba, the capital of San Martín department to the south, in the following year. |
| Several sites of Inca and pre-Inca origin can be found in the vicinity of the town. One of the most significant is the magnificent ruin of Kuélap – an immense oval-shaped pre-Incan city, lying at 3,100 m/10,168 ft. Chachapoyas itself has its own small museum. |
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