Chocope

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Chocope
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Chocope
Coordinates: 7°47′30.46″S79°13′22.10″W / 7.7917944°S 79.2228056°W / -7.7917944; -79.2228056
CountryFlag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region La Libertad
Province Ascope
District Chocope
Time zone PET (UTC-5)

Chocope is a town in Northern Peru, capital of the district of Chocope in the region La Libertad. This town is located beside the Pan-American Highway some 45 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.

Chocope District District in La Libertad, Peru

Chocope is a district of the Ascope Province, in the La Libertad Region of Peru.

See also

Ascope Province Province in La Libertad, Peru

Ascope is a province in the La Libertad Region, Peru. It is bordered by the Trujillo Province on the south; the Pacasmayo Province on the north; the Cajamarcan province of Contumazá and the Otuzco and Gran Chimú provinces on the east; and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Its capital is Ascope.

Chavimochic

Chavimochic Special Project is an irrigation system that extends throughout much of the coast of the La Libertad Region, on the north coast of Peru. It was started in the 1960s by the National Development Institute (INADE), a Peruvian central government dependence. In 2003 was made the transfer of the administration to Regional Government of La Libertad.

Virú Town in La Libertad, Peru

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