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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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