Paramonga | |
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Town | |
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 Flag  Seal | |
Paramonga | |
| Coordinates: 10°40′28″S 77°49′7″W / 10.67444°S 77.81861°W / -10.67444; -77.81861 | |
| 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
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
References
- 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
External links
- (in Spanish) Municipalidad Distrital de Paramonga Archived 2020-12-01 at the Wayback Machine
10°40′28″S 77°49′7″W / 10.67444°S 77.81861°W / -10.67444; -77.81861