Chiclayo
city
Chiclayo is the
principal city of the Lambayeque region in northern Peru. It is
located 13 kilometers inland from the Pacific coast and 770
kilometers from Lima. Founded by Spanish explorers as "Santa
Marķa de los Valles de Chiclayo" in the 16th century, it
was declared a city on 15 April 1835 by president Felipe Santiago
Salaverry. He named Chiclayo "the Heroic City" to
recognize the courage of its citizens in the fight for
independence, a title it still holds. Other nicknames for
Chiclayo include "The Capital of Friendship" and the
"Pearl of the North". Chiclayo is Peru's fourth-largest
city, after Lima, Arequipa, and Trujillo, with a population of
738,000 as of 2011. The Lambayeque region is the fourth most
populous metropolitan area of Peru, with a population of 972,713
in 2009. The city was founded near an important prehistoric
archaeological site, the Northern Wari ruins, which constitute
the remains of a city from the 7th- to 12th-century Wari Empire.
Click on the pictues to have a larger
version - several panoramic available
| Walking around in the city with so
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| Great museum - no pix inside |
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