Santa Cruz Province is a province in the
Cajamarca Region
Cajamarca (; qu, Kashamarka; ay, Qajamarka) is a department and region in Peru. The capital is the city of Cajamarca. It is located in the north part of the country and shares a border with Ecuador. The city has an elevation of above sea le ...
of
Peru
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, with its capital at Santa Cruz de Succhabamba. The province has an area of 1,417.93 km² and the government population estimate for 2002 is 49,302, with the 1993 census showing a population of 44,571.
Agriculture
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is the predominant economic activity.
Geography
Santa Cruz Province's land area is 1,423 km², 4.2% of the total of the Cajamarca Region. It is mostly mountainous in relief. It is located on the Western Mountain range of the
Andes
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and is bounded by the mountains that descend to the coast and the deep rivers that carve the mountains. Its lowest elevation is in the Saña River, near the small village of Pan de Azucar, 265 meters above sea level, and highest in the Cerro Cimarrones, 3,600 meters above sea level, south of the town of Pulán.
It is bounded to the North by Chota, to the East by Hualgayoc and Chota, to the South by San Miguel, and to the West by Lambayeque.
The climate is varied with an average temperature of 22 °C. in the Chala area and 17 °C. in the Yunga area.
Political division
The province is divided into eleven districts:
Places of interest
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Bosques Nublados de Udima Wildlife Refuge
Bosques Nublados de Udima Wildlife Refuge (Cloud Forests of Udima Wildlife Refuge) is a protected area of located in the regions of Cajamarca and Lambayeque, Peru. The Refuge protects the flora and fauna of Andean cloud forests at elevations ...
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Chancaybaños Reserved Zone The Chancaybaños Reserved Zone (''Zona Reservada Chancaybaños'') is a protected area in Peru
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See also
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Q'inququcha
Quengococha (possibly from Quechua ''q'inqu'' zig-zag ''qucha'' lake, "zig-zag lake") is a lake in Peru located in the Cajamarca Region, Cajabamba Province, Cajabamba District, in the east of the Cajabamba District
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Yawarqucha
References
* Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática.
Banco de Información Digital'. Retrieved November 4, 2007
External links
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Provinces of the Cajamarca Region