Camaná

This article is about the city in Peru. For other uses, see Camaná (disambiguation).

Camaná is the district capital of the homonymous province, located in the Department of Arequipa, Peru. In 2015, it had an estimate of 39,026 inhabitants.

Camaná Villa Hermosa de Camaná
Town
Main plaza of Camaná
Camaná Location of the city of Camaná in Peru
Coordinates: 16°37′24″S 72°42′33″W
Country	Peru
Region	Arequipa
Province	Camaná
District	Camaná
Founded	9 November 1539
Government
• Mayor	Marcelo Alejandro Valdivia Bravo (2019-2022)
Elevation	15 m (49 ft)
Population  (2005)
• Total	13,304
• Estimate  (2015)[1]	39,026
Demonym	Camanejo(a)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (UTC)
Website	www.municamana.gob.pe

It lies 180 km from Arequipa, on the Panamerican Highway, which can be traveled in three hours.

History

It is where the Spanish founded "Villa Hermosa" in 1539, moving into the valley of Arequipa in 1540. The city of Arequipa had his first crib in this rich and extensive valley of Camaná.^{[citation needed]}