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'''Oxapampa''' is the capital of [[Oxapampa District]] and [[Oxapampa Province]] in [[Peru]] in the eastern part of the [[Pasco Region]]. .<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=INCgSn3BRwwC&q=Oxapampa&pg=PA473 |title=Peru - Google Books |isbn=9781740597494 |access-date=2011-02-15 |last1=Benson |first1=Sara |last2=Hellander |first2=Paul |last3=Wlodarski |first3=Rafael |year=2007 }}</ref> Oxapampa belongs to the natural region known as Selva Alta or high jungle. {{convert|80|km|mile}} northward down the valley of the [[Huancabamba River]] is the settlement of '''[[Pozuzo]]''' (altitude 800 m).<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nP1LAMJ1IEgC&q=Oxapampa&pg=PA489 |title=The Rough Guide to Peru - Google Books |isbn=9781843530749 |access-date=2011-02-15 |last1=Jenkins |first1=Dilwyn |year=2003 }}</ref> The most important agricultural pursuits in the region are raising [[cattle]] and growing [[coffee]].{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

Oxapampa''Oxhapampa'' (orcomes Ocshapampa)from meansthe [[Quechuan languages|Quechua]] ''Uqshapampa'', meaning "straw plain" or "grassy plain", inwhere the [[Quechuan languages|Quechua]] language. "Ocsha"''uqsha'' means "straw" and "''pampa"'' means "plain" or flat area.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oxapampa valley |url=https://letsvisitperu.com/en/oxapampa-valley/ |website=Let's Visit Peru |access-date=16 June 2020}}</ref>

In March 1857, a group of 300 [[County of Tyrol|Tyrolean]] and [[Prussia]]n settlers, consisting mainly of poor peasant families and couples who weren'twere not allowed to marry in their home countries, boarded the “Norton” to go to Peru. Before starting the journey, the couples were married. After 4 months, the settlers arrived at [[Callao]] port in [[Lima, Peru|Lima]]. After two days of [[quarantine]], the settlers took a ship to the port of [[Huacho, Peru|Huacho]], where their belongings were put on mules and men had to continue the journey on foot while women and children were given donkeys to ride on. The journey went from Huancho to [[Cerro de Pasco]], [[Acobamba]] and [[Santa Cruz, Pasco|Santa Cruz]]. On the way, some of the settlers left the group.<ref>{{citation|first=Siegfried|last=Moll|title=Peru wollte deutsche Einwanderer – Teil I|newspaper=Traunsteiner Tagblatt|year=2007|volume=28/2007|url=http://www.traunsteiner-tagblatt.de/includes/mehr_chiemg.php?id=632|language=de|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719095243/http://www.traunsteiner-tagblatt.de/includes/mehr_chiemg.php?id=632|archive-date=2011-07-19}}</ref>

In 1891, when things were better, a group of colonists from Pozuzo founded the city of Oxapampa (now the capital of the province of same name) and then the town of Villa Rica (both Southsouth of Pozuzo).<ref>{{cite book|author=Dilwyn Jenkins|title=The Rough Guide to Peru|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Aj8VzlKRlL4C&pg=PA499|date=2009-07-01|publisher=Rough Guides Limited|isbn=978-1-84836-053-2|pages=499–}}</ref>

==ClimateGeography==

Oxapama has a [[Oceanic climate|''Cfb'']] (humid, sub-tropical with warm summers, "eternal spring" ) climate under the [[Köppen Classification]] system. Measured by the [[Trewartha climate classification]] system the climate is ''Crlk'' (humid, subtropical with mild summers and cool winters). Oxapampa's climate is modified by its altitude which results in lower temperatures year round than the nearby low-elevation tropics. The monthly deviation in average temperatures between the hottest and coldest months is only {{convert|2.2 degrees |C (4 degrees -change|F)-change|disp=or}}. The austral winter months of June, July, and August are moderately dry, but precipitationrain is abundant during the remainder of the year.

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|single line =y Yes

|Jan mean Ccollapsed = 19.2 Y

|MarJan meanhigh C = 1823.50

|AprFeb meanhigh C = 1822.68

|MayMar meanhigh C = 1823.1

|JunApr meanhigh C = 1723.24

|JulMay meanhigh C = 1723.02

|AugJun meanhigh C = 1722.39

|SepJul meanhigh C = 1822.39

|OctAug meanhigh C = 1923.2 6

|NovSep meanhigh C = 1923.19

|DecOct meanhigh C = 1824.9 0

|yearNov meanhigh C = 1824.4 0

|JanDec high C = 2523.52

|Febyear high C = 25.4

|MarJan highlow C = 2414.70

|AprFeb highlow C = 2514.41

|MayMar highlow C = 2513.97

|JunApr highlow C = 2513.31

|JulMay highlow C = 2512.27

|AugJun highlow C = 2511.48

|SepJul highlow C = 2511.80

|OctAug highlow C = 2611.20

|NovSep highlow C = 2611.12

|DecOct highlow C = 2512.57

|yearNov highlow C = 2513.53

|JanDec low C = 1213.9

|Febyear low C = 13.1

|AprJan lowprecipitation Cmm = 11203.90

|MayFeb lowprecipitation Cmm = 10223.4

|JunMar lowprecipitation Cmm = 9194.24

|JulApr lowprecipitation Cmm = 896.92

|AugMay lowprecipitation Cmm = 948.37

|SepJun lowprecipitation Cmm = 1030.89

|OctJul lowprecipitation Cmm = 1236.21

|NovAug lowprecipitation Cmm = 1242.1

|DecSep lowprecipitation Cmm = 1255.38

|yearOct lowprecipitation Cmm = 11108.3 4

|JanNov precipitation mm = 196114.9

|FebDec precipitation mm =203 195.9

|Maryear precipitation mm = 182