Paramonga, Peru
Paramonga | |
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Town | |
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 Flag  Seal | |
  Paramonga Location within Peru | |
| Coordinates: 10°40′28″S 77°49′7″W / 10.67444°S 77.81861°W | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Lima |
| Province | Barranca |
| District | Paramonga |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Eduardo Garcia Pagador (2019-2022) |
| Elevation | 13 m (43 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 21,453 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| Website | www.muniparamonga.gob.pe |
Paramonga is a town in central Peru, capital of the district of Paramonga in the province of Barranca in the Department of Lima.[1]
Etymology
[edit]The word paramonga comes from the Mochica language spoken by the people that lived in the north coast, who settled in the Fortaleza Valley. Its meaning is the following:
- para (vassals)
- monga (here)
The translation would be "vassals from around here".
If the thesis of Torero were accepted, supporting that the Quechua language arose here, "paramonga" would come from para = rain and munqa = verbal ending of occurrence, i.e., "it's going to rain", according to scholar César Guardia Mayorga.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Municipalidad Distrital de Paramonga, Municipalidad Distrital de Paramonga Archived 2020-12-01 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved March 5, 2019
- ↑ Guardia Mayorga, Cesar A. (1980). Diccionario kechwa castellano.
External links
[edit]- (in Spanish) Municipalidad Distrital de Paramonga Archived 2020-12-01 at the Wayback Machine