Chiclayo is the principal city and capital of the Lambayeque region and Chiclayo Province in northern Peru. It is located 13 kilometers from the Pacific coast, 208 kilometers from the city of Trujillo and 770 kilometers from the country's capital, Lima. It was founded under the name of "Santa María de los Valles de Chiclayo".
Lambayeque is a department and region in northwestern Peru known for its rich Moche and Chimú historical past. The region's name originates from the ancient pre-Inca civilization of the Lambayeque. It is the second-smallest department in Peru after Tumbes, but it is also its most densely populated department and its eighth most populous department.
Monsefú, founded as San Pedro de Monsefú, is a town in Northern Peru, capital of the Monsefú district in the Chiclayo Province that is part of the Lambayeque Region. It is renowned for its food and handicrafts, which are on display at the annual FEXTICUM festival, named in 1973 by Professor Limberg Chero Ballena and held in July during the Fiestas Patrias. Monsefú is also the home of cumbia groups Grupo 5 and Hermanos Yaipen. Monsefú was elevated to the category of "city" on October 26, 1888.
Lambayeque is a city on the coast of northern Peru and capital of the homonymous district and province in the department of Lambayeque. It is located 4.7 km from the city of Chiclayo and 13 km from the Pacific Ocean. It is an important cultural and educational center of the department as it houses some of the most important museums in the country, such as the Royal Tombs Museum and the Brüning Museum. It was founded in 1553 under the name of San Pedro de Lambayeque by order of the Viceroy Conde de Nieva.
Jorge Basadre Province is one of four provinces in the Tacna Region in southern Peru. Its capital is Locumba. The province was created on April 21, 1988 and is named after Jorge Basadre Grohmann, the country's most notable historian.
Soloco is one of twenty-one districts of Chachapoyas Province, in Peru.
Ventarrón is the site of a 4,500-year-old temple with painted murals, which was excavated in Peru in 2007 near Chiclayo, in the Lambayeque region on the northern coast. The site was inhabited by the Early Cupisnique, Cupisnique, Chavin and Moche cultures.
Jayanca District is one of twelve districts of the Lambayeque Province in the Lambayeque region, Peru.
Chongoyape District is one of twenty districts of the province Chiclayo in Peru, located in the Department of Lambayeque, under the administration of the regional government of Lambayeque, Peru. The Tinajones reservoir and Carhuaquero hydroelectric center are nearby.
Patapo District is one of twenty districts of the province Chiclayo in Peru. It is west of the Chongoyape District, east of the Tuman District, north of the Pucala District, and south of the Mesones Muro District. Patapo District is the sixth largest district in the province of Chiclayo, only below Nueva Arica District, Saña District, Lagunas District, Oyotun District, and Chongoyape District. The district was founded on January 29, 1998. The district is home to the Cerro Patapo Ruins, a complex city on a mountainside with artifacts and numerous remnants of walls, staircases, and entrances, and was inhabited by the Wari peoples.
Pomalca District is one of twenty districts of the province Chiclayo in Peru. It limits by the North with the District of Picsi; by the East with the district of Tumán; to the south with the districts of Reque and Monsefú; and to the west with the districts of Chiclayo and José Leonardo Ortiz.
The district of Nuevo Chimbote is one of the nine that make up the province of Santa, located in the department of Ancash in Peru.
Deportivo Pomalca is a Peruvian football club, playing in the city of Chiclayo, Lambayeque, Peru.
Centro Cultural Deportivo Los Caimanes, commonly known as Los Caimanes is a Peruvian football club, playing in the city of Puerto Etén, Chiclayo, Lambayeque.
The Chiclayo Metropolitan Area is the name used to refer to the metropolitan area whose principal city is Chiclayo, according to Municipality of Chiclayo. According to population statistics of INEI It is the fourth most populous metropolitan area of Peru in year 2015.
La Leche River, meaning the milky one, is a river of Lambayeque Region in northwestern Peru, although some of its water come from the northern Cajamarca Region.
Cutervo is a town in northern Peru, capital of both Cutervo District and Cutervo Province in Cajamarca Region. As of 2020, Cutervo had a population of 51,272.
José Antonio Eneque Soraluz is a Peruvian environmental engineer and politician. He is the current Provincial Mayor of Lambayeque and a member of the Alliance for Progress political party.
