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According to chroniclers such as Felipe Huamán Poma de Ayala on the "First Ages or Four Generations of Men" prior to the conquest, it offers the most valuable picture of traditional wisdom, it says that the four generations that populated the Andes are:



The Pacarimoc Runa or people of the dawn of humanity.

The Purun Runa, ´´Savage Men´´.

The Wari Runa or Farmers, shepherds, potters, weavers, goldsmiths and architects.

The Auca Runa or warriors, conquerors and politicians.



The pre-historical and archaeological investigations carried out in the last decades show that indeed, the reordered account of Huamán Poma is in harmony with the recent events discovered. The oldest men or Pacarimoc Runa lived in caves, an example in the Lauricocha caves demonstrated by Augusto Cárdich and Jorge Muelle in Toquepala, Richard Mc Neish in Ayacucho and Ramiro Matos Mendieta in Junín.



The Purun rune or second generation traveled the entire territory, made an inventory of its characteristics and natural resources and, according to them, named the places with which they highlighted the most outstanding of each place in order of human needs. As they walked they opened the roads; They discovered all the abras to go from east to west and vice versa, or from south to north and vice versa. To travel, they used the summits of the Andean chains, especially those of the transverse chains that separate the various basins. As a result of this, even today the traces of chaquinanis or "foot paths" appear conspicuous, revealing the intense traffic that through them It has been made.



Later, the Inca Túpac Yupanqui, wanting to expand the Inca empire, subdues the peoples of this region, according to Garcilazo, around 1475, receiving Inca influence until the arrival of the Spanish conquerors in Peru.



Historical facts



On January 28, 1825 Cutervo is promoted to the rank of a district dependent on Chota.

From 1863 to 1868, the construction of the main temple was carried out.

In January 1871 Cutervo is promoted to the rank of City, being the first mayor Don. Pablo Guerrero from Luna Herrera.

In the year 1901 the town of Cutervo appoints the Board of Promotion of the interests of Cutervo.

By law 1296 of October 22, 1910, the Province of Cutervo was created.





The province of Cutervo is one of the thirteen Peruvian provinces that make up the Cajamarca Region. It limits to the north with the province of Jaén, to the east with the Amazon Region, to the south with the province of Chota and to the west with the Lambayeque Region.

The province of Cutervo is located in the central part of the geographical space of the Cajamarca region, in the central chain of the Northern Andes Sector of Peru. Its slopes are: between 5º 40´ 39 ”at its northern end, formed by the confluence of the Chamaya and Marañón rivers, in Jayua, on the banks of the Chotano river, district of Cutervo. West latitude: Between the meridians 78º 10`36 ”, in its western extremes, in the Capitan hill of the Querocotillo district.



It has a surface area of ​​3,028.46 km² which represents 0.2% of the total surface of the country.



The most important attractions are found in its traditions and festivities (carnivals, fairs of the Virgin of the Assumption, Turina de San Juan Fair, the Aisas given at the end of the San Juan festival), as well as its surrounding countryside and places (Yacuchingana , Cahquil, San Rafael, El Arenal, Chipuluc, etc.) which are characterized by their scenic beauty.



Cutervo National Park



Created in 1961 by the management of Dr. Salomón Vílchez Murga, it is located in the western mountains of Peru, its extension is 8 215.23 ha according to law 28860 of August 5, 2006, which also establishes the limits and cartographic landmarks, constituting the base to preserve the existing biodiversity in the face of the threatening indiscriminate felling of its forests and the intensive hunting of fauna.

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