| Jacobo Hunter | |
| Native Name Lang: | es |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Mapsize: | frameless |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Peru |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Arequipa |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Arequipa |
| Parts Type: | Subdivisions |
| Parts Style: | para |
| P1: | 1 populated center |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | June 2, 1990 |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Seat: | Jacobo Hunter |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Aurelia Lupe Pila Barreda |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 20.37 |
| Elevation M: | 2250 |
| Population Total: | 46216 |
| Population As Of: | 2005 census |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | PET |
| Utc Offset1: | -5 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | UBIGEO |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 040107 |
| Website: | munihunter.gob.pe |
Jacobo Hunter District is one of the 29 districts of the Arequipa Province in Peru.[1]
The district is named after Jacob Dixon Hunter (Jacobo Dixon Hunter) who was a Scottish doctor (born in Madison, Indiana (USA) on 8 September 1837. His father was working there as a Presbyterian pastor. His parents returned to Scotland and he grew up in Dollar, Clackmannanshire (his father's home town) and obtained an MD from University of Edinburgh in 1858. His MD thesis was on psoriasis and lepra. In 1859 he took a position as a ship's doctor and went to South America. He arrived in Callao on the first steam-powered ship to arrive there from Europe and decided to remain in South America. In 1861 he moved to Arequipa in Peru where he practiced medicine until his death in 1926.