Zaña
Zaña | |
|---|---|
Zaña | |
| Elevation | 58 m (190 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 4,510 |
Zaña or Saña (Çañap in
Imported African slaves made up a major part of the population of the city and its environs during its heyday. The Afro-Peruvian Museum is in Zaña and in 2017 the museum was declared by UNESCO to be a Site of Remembrance of Slavery and African Cultural Heritage.
History
The city of Zaña (or Saña, as it was known in its early history) was founded in November 1563 by Baltasar Rodriguez with the name of Santiago de Miraflores de Zaña. Conceived as a way-station between the growing towns of
In March 1686,
Slavery was abolished in Peru in 1854, but many of the Afro-Peruvian residents of Zaña continued to work in the sugar industry, especially on the hacienda of the Aspillaga family in Cayalti, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Zaña which was one of the largest sugar producers in Peru in the early 20th century.[5]
In the 1950s Afro-Peruvian siblings
Climate
The nearest climatic station to Zaña is in
| Climate data for Cayalti (near Zaña), elevation 90 m (300 ft), (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 33.5 (92.3) |
34.1 (93.4) |
34.1 (93.4) |
32.8 (91.0) |
30.8 (87.4) |
28.5 (83.3) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.5 (81.5) |
28.3 (82.9) |
29.1 (84.4) |
30.2 (86.4) |
31.7 (89.1) |
30.7 (87.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 19.3 (66.7) |
20.5 (68.9) |
20.5 (68.9) |
18.9 (66.0) |
17.1 (62.8) |
15.4 (59.7) |
14.1 (57.4) |
14.0 (57.2) |
14.6 (58.3) |
15.2 (59.4) |
15.6 (60.1) |
17.6 (63.7) |
16.9 (62.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 5.5 (0.22) |
24.2 (0.95) |
24.8 (0.98) |
8.1 (0.32) |
1.4 (0.06) |
0.5 (0.02) |
0.5 (0.02) |
0.3 (0.01) |
1.5 (0.06) |
2.4 (0.09) |
3.3 (0.13) |
5.1 (0.20) |
77.6 (3.06) |
| Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[8] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ Google Earth
- ^ "Peru: Lambayeque Region". City Population.
- ^ Hampe Martinez, Teodoro (January 2002). "La ciudad de Zana y su entomo ante la inundacion (1720) (" (PDF). Revista Andina (34): 67–68.
- ^ Cozart, Daniel S. "African-Peruvian Creoles". UNM Digital Depository. University of New Mexico. pp. 210–211. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ Cozart, pp. 202–203.
- ^ Cozart, pp. 224–228.
- ^ "Museo Afroperuano, Zana". Slavery and Remembrance. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ "Normales Climáticas Estándares y Medias 1991-2020". National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru. Archived from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2024.