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Magdalena is a district of the province of Chachapoyas in the Amazonas Region of
Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
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History

The district was created by the decree of law Nº 7877, signed by the president Óscar R. Benavides.


Geography

Magdalena is located in the south of the Chachapoyas Province, in the high part of the inter-Andean valley of the river Utcubamba. In the north the district borders with the District of San Isidro of Maino (Chachapoyas) and the District of Levanto (Chachapoyas), in the east with the RodrĂ­guez de Mendoza Province, in the south with the District of The Jalca (Chachapoyas), in the southwest with the District of Saint John of Lopecancha and in the west with the District of Tingo.


Culture

As with many Peruvians, popular Magdalenan dishes are the cuy, eaten alongside
potato The potato () is a starchy tuberous vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world. Potatoes are underground stem tubers of the plant ''Solanum tuberosum'', a perennial in the nightshade famil ...
es, the Sancocho and also the Locro.


See also

* Machu Pirqa


References


External links


Magdalena district official website
Districts of the Chachapoyas province Districts of the Amazonas Region {{AmazonasPE-geo-stub