Chicama, Peru

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Chicama
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Chicama
Coordinates: 7°50′41.07″S79°8′49.04″W / 7.8447417°S 79.1469556°W / -7.8447417; -79.1469556
CountryFlag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region La Libertad
Province Ascope
District Chicama
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)

Chicama is a town in Northern Peru, capital of the district of Chicama of Ascope Province in the region La Libertad. This town is located beside the Pan-American Highway some 33 km north of Trujillo city in the agricultural Chicama Valley.

Peru Republic in South America

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains vertically extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon river.

Chicama District is one of the districts of the Ascope Province in the La Libertad Region in Peru.

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