Tarma

Country	Peru Peru Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
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Santa Ana de la Ribera de Tarma is a city in Junín Region

Junín Region

Junín is a region in the central highlands and westernmost Amazonia of Peru. Its capital is Huancayo.-Geography:The region has a very heterogeneous topography. The western cordillera located near the border with the Lima Region, has snowy and ice covered peaks. On the east, there are high glacier...

, Perú

Peru

Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

. Tarma is the capital city of the Province of Tarma

Tarma Province

The Tarma Province is a Peruvian province, making up one of the nine provinces that conform the Junín Region. To the north it borders with the Junín Province, the east with the Chanchamayo Province, the south with the Jauja Province and the west with the Yauli Province.The region has an area of ,...

, and is also called the Pearl of the Andes. The city is located at around 11°25′11"S 75°41′27"W, at an elevation of around 3000 m. The regional population is of around 123,350 inhabitants whilst the city of Tarma has a population of 60,542.

Location

The city of Tarma is located in the center of the Province of Tarma

Tarma Province

The Tarma Province is a Peruvian province, making up one of the nine provinces that conform the Junín Region. To the north it borders with the Junín Province, the east with the Chanchamayo Province, the south with the Jauja Province and the west with the Yauli Province.The region has an area of ,...

; 232 kilometers east of the city of Lima

Lima

Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...

, in the mountain ranges of the Andes

Andes

The Andes is the world's longest continental mountain range. It is a continual range of highlands along the western coast of South America. This range is about long, about to wide , and of an average height of about .Along its length, the Andes is split into several ranges, which are separated...

. Its location consolidates as the point of nexus between the central coast (departments of Lima

Lima

Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...

 and Ica

Ica Region

Ica is a region in Peru. It borders the Pacific Ocean on the west; the Lima Region on the north; the Huancavelica and Ayacucho regions on the east; and the Arequipa Region on the south. Its capital is the city of Ica.- Geography :...

), the Andean

Andes

The Andes is the world's longest continental mountain range. It is a continual range of highlands along the western coast of South America. This range is about long, about to wide , and of an average height of about .Along its length, the Andes is split into several ranges, which are separated...

 provinces of the department of Junín

Junín Region

Junín is a region in the central highlands and westernmost Amazonia of Peru. Its capital is Huancayo.-Geography:The region has a very heterogeneous topography. The western cordillera located near the border with the Lima Region, has snowy and ice covered peaks. On the east, there are high glacier...

 and the Central Forest (provinces of Chanchamayo

Chanchamayo

Chanchamayo or La Merced is a town in the Junín Region in central Peru. It is the capital of the Chanchamayo District, which is located in the Chanchamayo Province....

 and Satipo

Satipo

Satipo is a town in central Peru, capital of the province Satipo in the region Junín.-External links:...

). The city is situated within a fertile valley, where many important civilizations lived in the past, from pre-Inca cultures to the Inca Culture. Evidence can be found through archaeological remains.

History

The beginnings of the city of Tarma are lost by the oral tradition and were conserved solely in legend form. It is known that in the locality the populations of "Tarmatambo" and "Punchaumarca" were located, inhabited by natives of the ethnic group of the "Tarumas". Before the arrival of the Spanish

Spain

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, one intuits that Tarma was founded according to old style customs of that time. The sources indicate that it was in 1538 when the Spanish

Spain

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 formed the foundation of Tarma; trimming of soldiers at first took place, and soon after a parish was instituted under the authority of the bishopric of Lima

Lima

Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...

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During the Viceroyalty of Peru

Viceroyalty of Peru

Created in 1542, the Viceroyalty of Peru was a Spanish colonial administrative district that originally contained most of Spanish-ruled South America, governed from the capital of Lima...

, Tarma would be established as the locality head. In 1784, the Spanish citizen Don Juan Maria Gálvez, made arrangements for the creation of a Town Hall in Tarma. This request was reviewed and approved by the Virrey Don Teodoro De Croix that established the Town Hall of Tarma in 1785. In 1815 the first cadastre

Cadastre

A cadastre , using a cadastral survey or cadastral map, is a comprehensive register of the metes-and-bounds real property of a country...

 was made in Tarma, concluding that the town had 775 houses and approximately 3500 inhabitants.

In the beginning of November, 1820, during the war of independence that took ahead general Don Jose of San Martín, the population of the city of Tarma supported the General Arenales. On the 25th of November, General Arenales reached Tarma, being welcomed with celebrations in the city.

On the 31st of December, 1855, Tarma officially became a province.

During the War of the Pacific

War of the Pacific

The War of the Pacific took place in western South America from 1879 through 1883. Chile fought against Bolivia and Peru. Despite cooperation among the three nations in the war against Spain, disputes soon arose over the mineral-rich Peruvian provinces of Tarapaca, Tacna, and Arica, and the...

, Tarma supported the Peruvian army, and later supported the resistance commanded by Marshal Andrés Avelino Cáceres

Andrés Avelino Cáceres

Andrés Avelino Cáceres Dorregaray was three times President of Peru during the 19th century, from 1884 to 1885, then from 1886 to 1890, and again from 1894 to 1895...

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Predilect Sons

Dear Sons of the city of Tarma:
Manuel Odria was born in Tarma and was president of the Peru,
Miguel Miloslavic Ljevak great benefactor who lived in the city.

External links

• Tarma City Information (Spanish)
• Tarma Information (Spanish)
• Tarma Information (Spanish)
• Go2Peru Information Website
• Information on the city