Bambamarca District, Hualgayoc

Coordinates: 6°40′52″S 78°31′19″W / 6.6812°S 78.5220°W

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Bambamarca Pampamarka
District

Country	Peru
Region	Cajamarca
Province	Hualgayoc
Capital	Bambamarca
Government
• Mayor	Esteban Campos Benavides
Area
• Total	451.38 km² (174.28 sq mi)
Elevation	2,526 m (8,287 ft)
Population (2005 census)
• Total	74,513
• Density	170/km² (430/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	060701

Bambamarca District is one of three districts of the province Hualgayoc in Peru,^[1] with 167 pueblos.^[2] The area is rich in mineral reserves and mining prospects, including the Conga Project, which is threatening to affect water resources such as the Namocoha lake.^[3]

References

^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
^ "Pueblos de Bambamarca". Pueblos de Perú. n.d. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
^ "Cajamarca: Conmemoran un año de resistencia contra proyecto Conga" (in Spanish). Peru.com. 24 November 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2016.

External links

News of Bambamarca (in Spanish) Peru.com

v t e Districts of Cajamarca Region Peru
Cajabamba	Cachachi Cajabamba Condebamba Sitacocha
Cajamarca	Asunción Cajamarca Chetilla Cospán Encañada Jesús Llacanora Los Baños del Inca Magdalena Matara Namora San Juan
Celendín	Celendín Chumuch Cortegana Huasmín Jorge Chávez José Gálvez La Libertad de Pallán Miguel Iglesias Oxamarca Sorochuco Sucre Utco
Chota	Anguía Chadín Chalamarca Chiguirip Chimbán Choropampa Chota Cochabamba Conchán Huambos Lajas Llama Miracosta Paccha Pión Querocoto San Juan de Licupis Tacabamba Tocmoche
Contumazá	Chilete Contumazá Cupisnique Guzmango San Benito Santa Cruz de Toledo Tantarica Yonán
Cutervo	Callayuc Choros Cujillo Cutervo La Ramada Pimpingos Querocotillo San Andrés de Cutervo San Juan de Cutervo San Luis de Lucma Santa Cruz Santo Domingo de la Capilla Santo Tomás Socota Toribio Casanova
Hualgayoc	Bambamarca Chugur Hualgayoc
Jaén	Bellavista Chontalí Colasay Huabal Jaén Las Pirias Pomahuaca Pucará Sallique San Felipe San José del Alto Santa Rosa
San Ignacio	Chirinos Huarango La Coipa Namballe San Ignacio San José de Lourdes Tabaconas
San Marcos	Chancay Eduardo Villanueva Gregorio Pita Ichocán José Manuel Quiroz José Sabogal Pedro Gálvez
San Miguel	Bolívar Calquis Catilluc El Prado La Florida Llapa Nanchoc Niepos San Gregorio San Miguel San Silvestre de Cochán Tongod Unión Agua Blanca
San Pablo	San Bernardino San Luis San Pablo Tumbadén
Santa Cruz	Andabamba Catache Chancaybaños La Esperanza Ninabamba Pulán Santa Cruz Saucepampa Sexi Uticyacu Yauyucán

6°40′52″S 78°31′19″W / 6.6812°S 78.5220°W / -6.6812; -78.5220

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