Paiján

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Paiján
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Paiján
Coordinates: 7°43′52.14″S79°18′13.95″W / 7.7311500°S 79.3038750°W / -7.7311500; -79.3038750
CountryFlag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region La Libertad
Province Ascope
District Paiján
Government
 • MayorDaniel Alva Iglesias
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO
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Paiján is a town in Northern Peru, capital of the district of Paiján of Ascope Province in the region La Libertad. This town is located beside the Pan-American Highway some 54 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.

Paiján District District in La Libertad, Peru

Paiján District is one of eight districts of the province Ascope in Peru. The district of Paiján is one of the eight districts of the province of Ascope, located in the Department of La Libertad, under the administration of the regional government of La Libertad, in the northern part of Peru. It borders on the north with the district of Rázuri; To the east with the district of Casa Grande; To the south with the district of Chocope; To the west with the district of Rázuri.

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.

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Paiján culture

The Paiján culture was an archaeological culture that developed on the northern coast of Peru between 8,700 and 5,900 BCE. It was first described by Peruvian archaeologist Rafael Larco Hoyle in the 1940s from the Pampa de los Fósiles site. Later research, mainly by French archaeologist Claude Chauchat, identified dozens of open air sites, which include camps, workshops and quarries.

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.

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Chocope Town in La Libertad, Peru

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Santiago de Cao Town in La Libertad, Peru

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Chiclín Town in La Libertad, Peru

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References

  1. ↑ "Códigos de Ubigeo -INEI". INEI. Archived from the original on April 27, 2012. Retrieved September 19, 2012.


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