Jauja (Peru

Jauja is a Peruvian province. It is one of the nine provinces of the Junín Region. To the north it borders with the provinces of Yauli, Tarma and Chanchamayo. To the east with the province of Satipo, to the south with the province of Concepción and to the west with the Lima Region. The capital of the province is the city of Jauja (Quechua: Shausha or Sausa). The city was founded by Francisco Pizarro as the first capital of Peru. Before the arrival of the Spaniards the province was called Hatun Xauxa (Quechua spelling variants: Hatun Shawsha or Hatun Sausa) and it was the main center of the nation Hatunwanka Xauxa, that consisted of Tawantinsuyu after the expansion of Pachakutiq Inca.