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Based on studies and research, the following has been verified and corroborated: The Spanish Foundation of Camaná was on November 9, 1539, with Queen of Spain being Mrs. Juana I of Castile and being the Ruler of Peru, Mr. Francisco Pizarro; and the ascent of the town to city was the 9 of November of 1839, during the presidential mandate of Marshal Agustín Gamarra. By means of the Supreme Decree of November 7, 1957, during the second presidential term of Dr. Manuel Prado Ugarteche; it is established that: ´´On November 9 of the current year, Camaná Day will be celebrated, in commemoration of the anniversary of the elevation of Camaná, from being a Beautiful Villa, to the rank of Beautiful City. Therefore this day is declared a holiday in the Province of Camaná´´.



The foundation

The sixteenth century witnesses who witnessed the baptismal ceremony that took place in the Camaná Valley believe that talking about the founders is a separate chapter. They deserve to talk about each one of them even briefly, as a just tribute of gratitude to those illustrious and hard-working men who designated that this valley was the appropriate one to establish in it a great Spanish urban center, which would serve as a link between the two great capitals of the time: Lima, the city of the Kings, capital of the government, and Cusco, the old imperial capital, whose possession and ownership were cruelly disputed by the two partners of the conquest: Francisco Pizarro and Diego de Almagro. The documents of the conquest indicate as participants of the First founding of the Villa Hermosa in the Camaná Valley, the following person: El Capitan Español Don



Manuel Garcia de Carbajal

This city, due to health reasons, was abandoned towards the end of 1539, which led to the foundation of Arequipa.



Another person of importance comes from Medellín, Bajadoz in Extremadura and he is Mr. Alonso Martínez de Rivera, born in Medellín, Bajadoz, Extremadura, Spain, Conqueror of Peru. Corregidor of Arequipa in 1556 and, later by mandate of the III Viceroy of Peru, D. Andrés Hurtado de Mendoza, carried out the Second Foundation of the today city of Camaná, it was called Villa de San Miguel de Ribera in honor of his last name. He died in Chile in August 1600. In Arequipa in 1587 he married Da. Isabel de Contreras. His daughter Da. Catalina Martínez de Rivera y de Contreras married Mr. Hernando de la Torre y Padilla, son of the famous Conquistador Mr. Juan de la Torre and Díaz Chacón, one of the Thirteen of Fame or Gallo Island, who accompanied the Conquistador D. Francisco Pizarro.



Notable Personalities

José María Quimper [edit] He was born in Camaná on September 9, 1828. At the age of 19 he obtained the academic degree of doctor of jurisprudence, letters, political science and theology. He was part of the famous ministerial cabinet of the great Celendino Don José Gálvez Egúsquiza, organized by the presidential government of Mariano Ignacio Prado, to defend Peru in the Battle of El Callao, there he served as the Ministry of Government with singular brilliance.



Mariano Nicolás Valcarcel

Born in 1852, he studied in Arequipa at the Colegio Independencia and at the University of San Agustín. In 1882 the presidential government of Rear Admiral Lizardo Montero Flores installed in Arequipa appointed him as Minister of Foreign Relations.



Nicolás Fernández de Pierola Flores

Born on October 11, 1788, he was an eminent and notable physician, scientist, researcher, scholar, and naturist. His full name was Nicolás Fernández de Piérola Flores. Doctor Nicolás Fernández de Piérola Flores was also Minister of Finance during the presidential government of José Rufino Echenique. He was the father of the illustrious doctor Don Nicolás de Piérola Villena.



Samuel Pastor Caballero [edit] He was born in Camaná on February 14, 1829, obtained his law degree from the National University of San Agustín on August 2, 1850. He graduated with a doctorate in Philosophy, Letters and Jurisprudence. He made the population of Camaná move to La Pampa, starting a new urban layout of Camaná, for this he gave the materials and what was a desert, an orange garden with its corresponding square and inevitable fountain flourished.







The Province of Camaná is one of the eight Peruvian provinces that make up the Arequipa Region. It limits to the north with the provinces of Condesuyos, Castilla and Caylloma, to the east with the province of Arequipa and the province of Islay, to the south with the Pacific Ocean and to the west with the province of Caravelí.



The province of Camaná is located in the central and western part of the Arequipa region, its capital is the city of Camaná. limited by:





North: Condesuyos, Castilla and Arequipa •



Northeast: Caravelí •



South: Pacific Ocean •



East: Islay



The province of Camaná is located in the Central Western part of the Arequipa Region, 172 km from the Capital of the Department of Arequipa, and has about 56 thousand inhabitants. It is the first city to be founded by the great conqueror Francisco Pizarro. Agriculture predominates as an economic activity, having the privilege of being the city in which one of the first Churches of Peru was built in the year 1580. It borders on the north with the province of Condesuyos (district of Río Grande, Andaray and Chuquibamba) province of Castilla (district of Uraca) province of Arequipa (district of Santa Isabel de Siguas and San Juan de Siguas) to the north-west with the province of Caravelí and Atico, to the south with the Pacific Ocean, to the east with the province of Islay (district of Islay and the province of Arequipa and district of La Joya).







Here are some attributes: -Famous for its exquisite shrimp, its machas and the charm and ingenuity of its inhabitants who always offer their traditional buns, alfajores and oquendos. -It is the first producer in the world of rice per hectare. -In addition to producing the best rice, it also has the richest beans in the country. -Its beaches are the largest and cleanest in the South of the country. here are some well-known names: El Corrito, La Punta, Cerrillos, Las Cuevas, Panamito, Marisol and many more. Along with Caleta de Quilca, they are true charms of nature. -Quilca, is one of its most beautiful and unspoiled districts. It was the first port built by the Spaniards that served to ship the wealth that they brought from Cusco and the place where the last Viceroy embarked when he was exiled to Spain. -Since the first settlers of the Camaná valley were hunters, gatherers and fishermen, Camaná has great tourist attractions, such as: The citadel of Pillistay, The bodeguillas of Huacapuy and Pucchun, The petroglyphs of pacaycitos, The remains of a citadel recently named by the great scholar of the past of Camaná Prof. Augusto Mogrovejo.

The camaneja cuisine is one of the tastiest in the south of the country and is characterized by the good taste and the use of chili, which gives its variety of stews a special flavor. The main typical dish is that made with Shrimp and Seafood such as Shrimp Chupe, Shrimp Capisca, Shrimp Ceviche, Shrimp Chicharrón, Spicy Shrimp, Sudado de Machas, Mixed Ceviche of Machas with Fish and sea urchins, beans beaten with pork fish market and many other delicious stews. The tamales, maicillos, oquendos, molletitos, alfajores and their humitas are also famous. And to cool off, there is nothing better than a giant glass of chicha de jora.



Tourist places

Beaches

This city has beaches that are some of the most beautiful in the south of the country, and they have an area of ​​20 kilometers.



Pucchun: Famous Hacienda that served as lodging for the Arequipa poet Mariano Melgar where he lived with his beloved Silvia. The great sage Don Antonio Raimondi, was another of the illustrious men of Peru who stayed in these places. Many years ago there was the famous lagoon that was the largest in the region and where a great variety of wild birds abounded and also served as refuges for birds that constantly migrated; It is said that the first inhabitants of Camana used the multicolored plumage of these birds to make their valuable and beautiful cloaks, the testimonies of which have been found in the different archaeological cemeteries in our area. The famous Laguna de Pucchun has disappeared due to the voracity of man to turn it into an agricultural area by diverting its waters to the sea through a pumping plant. One of the main characters in this area was undoubtedly Don Felipe Rodríguez Beltrán, who unfortunately died tragically and cowardly murdered.



Sanctuary of Quilca: The festival that represents the Sanctuary of Quilca, is one of the greatest attractions for locals and foreigners, annually the sacred Virgin of Candelaria, congregates on February 2 a large mass of faithful arrived, even from abroad, to venerate his holy presence; she has been declared the patron saint of the town.

Las Calaveritas: Tradition and the belief in skulls have allowed the construction of the chapel on the famous curve at the exit of Pescadores, who circulate around the patron saint and stops to present their prayers and salutations, lighting their candles as a sign of profound mystical respect. It is said that many years ago they were found by workers who, according to reason, built the Pan-American highway on the Lima slope, first they made a hermitage with crushed stones, years later the Chapel was built with the intervention of the remembered Parish Priest of Ocoña Oswaldo Alemán, who all the months he celebrated a mass with the presence of many faithful, today it has become a mandatory stop for drivers of thailers, merchants and drivers of minor vehicles, who profess great faith in them, since, according to tradition, they are very miraculous but also very punishing.



Chira Beach: Its beaches form a very attractive cove, becoming a popular resort for the Ocoñejas families, adjacent to the Guaneras Islands and according to tradition, there is a hidden treasure by colonial pirates who constantly assaulted the escutcheons.



Pacaysitos: A place that becomes a great link in our history because there we can appreciate the ancient faces of the settlers who settled in our valley, a historic place starting from the River Bridge upwards at a time of 50 minutes, along a worthy narrow road of an adventure, located in front of the district of San Gregorio on the right bank of the Camaná river. This sacred place built by our ancestors, has a wall that surrounds and protects the Castle hill as if it had been of great importance, due to its zeal in protecting or rather a huaca, from the top of this guardian you can see the green savannah and the silver thread of our river. Also in the lower part we find petroglyphs that according to archaeologists would have an antiquity of 4 thousand years, on the other side we find an immense Pre-Inca cemetery looted by the huaqueros, this small but great archaeological park is silent witness of the habitability of the ancient Camaniense settlers .

River mouth: It is known as ´´Chiflón´´ is little known and very few also know how to appreciate the almost natural phenomenon that occurs when the mighty Camana river enters the bowels of the sea in the enormous delta that the river forms in the presence of the Pacific Ocean; In this somewhat unknown area, small lagoons and pools are formed that serve for shrimp reproduction. Our river is born in the heights of the Sabancaya and in its route it irrigates lands in the provinces of Caylloma, Castilla and Camana, traveling thousands of kilometers, which is why it takes the name of Colca, where the famous Colca Canyon is located, then majes al pass through the well-known valley and later Camana when arriving at these lands.

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