Chancay is a small city located north of

Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of ...

. Its population is 63,378. The

Chancay culture The Chancay were a pre-Hispanic archeological civilization that developed between the valleys of Fortaleza, Pativilca, Supe, Huaura, Chancay, Chillón, Rimac and Lurín, on the central coast of Peru, from about 1000 to 1470 CE. History Not muc ...

was a

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archaeological culture, later part of the

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History

It was founded in 1562 under the name of Villa de Arnedo. The main activity in Chancay these days is as a tourist resort for nearby

. The main attraction is El Castillo, a faux castle, recently repaired but constructed in the nineteenth century. There is a small museum in the castle displaying Chancay culture pottery and mummies. In 2019,

COSCO China Ocean Shipping Company, Limited, formerly China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company, commonly known for its abbreviated name COSCO Group, or simply, COSCO, is a former Chinese Government owned shipping and logistics services supplier compan ...

agreed to build a new

port A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as H ...

on the coast of Chancay as part of China's Belt and Road Initiative and in 2022, the China Harbour Engineering Company of

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agreed to build the complex at which would include

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, docks and a tunnel to warehouses. The first dock is expected to open in early 2023 and when finished, the complex will accept up to 1.5 million twenty-foot equivalent unit

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s and 6 million tons of cargo annually.

Gallery

Image:Chancay beach.jpg, The oil polluted beach at Chancay, Peru. Image:Chancay castillo1.jpg, El Castillo, Chancay, Peru Image:Chancay castillo museum.jpg,

artifacts. El Castillo, Chancay, Peru. File:Chancay fragment.jpg, Chancay culture textile, late Precolumbian

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Populated places in the Lima Region Populated places established in 1562 {{LimaRegion-geo-stub

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