Monsefú facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Monsefú San Pedro de Monsefú
Plaza de Armas of Monsefú
Coat of arms
Nickname(s):  The Eternal City of Flowers
Motto(s):  Entrepreneurial and Laborious
Monsefú Location in Peru
Country	Peru
Region	Lambayeque
Province	Chiclayo
District	Monsefú
Elevated to city	October 26, 1888
Area
• Total	44.94 km2 (17.35 sq mi)
Elevation	11 m (36 ft)
Population
• Estimate  (2015)	23,561
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
Website	www.munimonsefu.gob.pe

Monsefú (Colonial Mochica: Omænssefæc) is a town in Northern Peru, capital of the Monsefú district in the Chiclayo Province that is part of the Lambayeque Region. It is renowned for its food and handicrafts, which are on display at the annual FEXTICUM festival, named in 1973 by Professor Limberg Chero Ballena and held in July during Fiestas Patrias. Monsefú is also the home of cumbia groups Grupo 5 and Hermanos Yaipen. Monsefú was elevated to the category of "city" on October 26, 1888.

Etymology

Spanish priest Fernando de la Carrera, in his work Arte de la lengua yunga (1644), argues that the word "monsefu" comes from Omænssefæc, meaning "God punishes the one who offends the earth".

History

Before the arrival of the Spanish, Monsefú would have been part of the chieftainship of Cinto, with the name of Chuspo, whose main center have been located in the vicinity of San Bartolo hill. In 1578, heavy rains and floods blighted the crops and in 1612, the area was ravaged by a disease. The population was reduced by the disease and survivors after a few years were located in what is now Monsefú.

In the early 1880s, the Chilean Army, under the command of Patricio Lynch, occupied the area and its surroundings during the War of the Pacific, where infrastructure was built by the Chilean authorities for both the locals and the troops' use, with the latter residing in a barracks. After the war, the town was elevated to city level on October 26, 1888 at the request of deputy Manuel María Izaga, under the presidency of Andrés Avelino Cáceres.

Climate

It has a varied semitropical temperature, since part of its territory is on the shore of the sea, and another is located in the valley of the Reque River.