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History of Tarma


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The beginnings of the city of Tarma are lost by the oral tradition and were conserved solely in legend form. It is known that in the locality the populations of "Tarmatambo" and "Punchaumarca" were located, inhabited by natives of the ethnic group of the "Tarumas". Before the arrival of the Spanish, one intuits that Tarma was founded according to old style customs of that time. The sources indicate that it was in 1538 when the Spanish formed the foundation of Tarma; trimming of soldiers at first took place, and soon after a parish was instituted under the authority of the
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