BRIEF HISTORY REVIEW
It is said that when the Inca Mayta Capac discovered the unpopulated valley of Arequipa, he moved 3,000 of his relatives there and founded some villages, one of which was called Chimba and another Sucahuaya, situated at the north and south of the actual city. The former is called Yanahuanca and later Socabaya. Francisco Pizarro ordered the Spanish foundation of the city, choosing first a flat piece of land behind the village of Cayma. On the 15th of August of 1540 Lieutenent Don Garcia Manuel de Carbajal built the city of Arequipa in Colesuyo "on the bank of the river where they erected a cross" which this formed part of the ceremony when a city was founded and gave it the name of Villa of our Lady of the Asuncion of the Beautiful Valley of Arequipa. This last name was respected, which is derived from the Quechua "Ari que pay" meaning "Yes Stay", the same sound in Aymara, Ari quepan means the "Sounding Trumpet".