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| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Piura |
| Province | Sechura |
| Capital | Sechura |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Justo Eche Morales |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,711.25 km2 (2,205.13 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 44,590 |
| • Density | 7.8/km2 (20/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
The Sechura District is one of the six districts that make up the Sechura Province in the Piura Region of Peru.
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| Climate data for Chusis, Sechura, elevation 8 m (26 ft), (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.9 (89.4) | 32.8 (91.0) | 32.7 (90.9) | 31.7 (89.1) | 29.5 (85.1) | 27.2 (81.0) | 26.1 (79.0) | 26.0 (78.8) | 26.7 (80.1) | 27.3 (81.1) | 28.2 (82.8) | 30.1 (86.2) | 29.2 (84.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.7 (71.1) | 22.9 (73.2) | 22.6 (72.7) | 21.2 (70.2) | 19.7 (67.5) | 18.4 (65.1) | 17.4 (63.3) | 17.1 (62.8) | 17.1 (62.8) | 17.4 (63.3) | 17.9 (64.2) | 19.6 (67.3) | 19.4 (67.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 18.0 (0.71) | 15.8 (0.62) | 36.2 (1.43) | 5.8 (0.23) | 0.6 (0.02) | 0.1 (0.00) | 0.2 (0.01) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.2 (0.01) | 0.6 (0.02) | 3.1 (0.12) | 80.6 (3.17) |
| Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru [1] | |||||||||||||
Peru is a country on the central western coast of South America facing the Pacific Ocean. It lies wholly in the Southern Hemisphere, its northernmost extreme reaching to 1.8 minutes of latitude or about 3.3 kilometres (2.1 mi) south of the equator. Peru shares land borders with Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, and Chile, with its longest land border shared with Brazil.
Piura is a coastal department and region in northwestern Peru. The region's capital is Piura and its largest port cities, Paita and Talara, are also among the most important in Peru. The area is known for its tropical and dry beaches. It is the most populous department in Peru, its twelfth smallest department, and its fourth-most densely populated department, after Tumbes, La Libertad, and Lambayeque.
Illescas is a peninsula in northwestern Peru. It forms the southern boundary of the Sechura Bay, the largest bay in Peru. Sechura Bay also includes the northernmost portion of the Pacific Ocean that is under the influence of the Peru-Chile or Humboldt Current. The Illescas Peninsula is located in the department of Piura, and is scarcely inhabited. Part of Illescas was declared a reserved zone. Illescas is also the name given to the highest point of the peninsula, the Cerro Illescas.
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