Monsefú is a town in Northern
Peru
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, capital of the
Monsefú district
Monsefú District is one of twenty districts of the province Chiclayo in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática
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in the
Chiclayo Province
The Chiclayo Province is one of three provinces of the Lambayeque Region in Peru.
Boundaries
*North Lambayeque Province, Ferreñafe Province
*East Cajamarca Region
*South La Libertad Region
*West Pacific Ocean
Political Division
The province is ...
that is part of the
Lambayeque Region
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. It is renowned for its food and handicrafts, which are on display at the annual FEXTICUM festival, named in 1973 by Professor
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and held in July during Fiestas Patrias. Monsefú is also the home of the cumbia groups Grupo 5 and Hermanos Yaipen. Monsefú was elevated to the category of "city" on October 26, 1888.
Etymology
The priest Fernando de la Carrera, in his work ''Arte de la lengua yunga'', argues that the word "monsefu" comes from ''Omænssefæc''.
History
Before the arrival of the
Spanish
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, Monsefú would have been part of the chieftainship of Cinto, with the name of Chuspo, whose main center have been located in the vicinity of the hill San Bartolo. Early in the second half of the sixteenth century, they would have been reduced in Callanca, heavy rains and floods in 1578, blighted the crops and affected the population composed of "huacotoledistas". In 1612, the population of Callanca were attacked by a disease. The population was reduced by the disease and survivors after a few years were located in what is now Monsefú.
The headquarters of the
Chilean army during the occupation of Peru (1879-1893) was located in Monsefú. Chilean troops entered Monsefú without shooting a single bullet. The commander in chief of the invader, Gen. Patricio Lynch, acted as a major of the city. During his tenure, he improved the sanitation system, organized a garbage collection service, built the first sewage system and reorganized the whole administration. Historians concur that Gen. Lynch was probably the best authority of Monsefú at that time.
The town of Monsefú was created at the time of Independence by the Liberator
Simon Bolivar
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.
Climate
It has a varied semitropical temperature, since part of its territory is on the shore of the sea, and another is located in the
valley
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of the
Reque River.
References
External links
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Municipalidad Distrital de Monsefú
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Populated places in the Lambayeque Region