Oxapampa

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Oxapampa is a town in central Peru known for its German-Austrian immigrant heritage, dairy farming, and lush cloud-forest surroundings in the Andean foothills.

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Oxapampa canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement
town
administrativeDivision district
architectureStyle Alpine-inspired wooden houses
capitalOf Oxapampa Province
climate humid subtropical
mild
continent South America
coordinateLocation -10.575
-75.405
country Peru
distanceTo approximately 380 km east of Lima
economy agriculture
livestock
tourism
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 1,800 m
foundedBy Tyrolean settlers
foundingPopulation Austrian immigrants
German immigrants
hasCulturalInfluenceFrom Austria
Germany
Tyrol
heritage Austrian
German
isSeatOf Oxapampa District
knownFor German-Austrian immigrant heritage
cattle ranching
cheese production
cloud forests
dairy farming
eco-tourism
languageUsed German (heritage)
Spanish
locatedIn Oxapampa Province
Pasco Region
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory central Peru
locatedInEcoregion cloud forest
locatedInMountainRange Andes
locatedInOrNearby Andean foothills
mainReligiousTradition Roman Catholicism
nearbyProtectedArea Yanachaga-Chemillén National Park
partOf Selva Alta (high jungle)
regionType rural
roadConnectionTo La Merced
Lima
tourismType cultural tourism
nature tourism
vegetationType montane forest

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Pasco Region containsCity Oxapampa
Tarma connectedTo Oxapampa
Villa Rica locatedNear Oxapampa
Oxapampa Province capital Oxapampa
German Peruvians notableTown Oxapampa