Máncora is a town and

beach resort A seaside resort is a town, village, or hotel that serves as a vacation resort and is located on a coast. Sometimes the concept includes an aspect of official accreditation based on the satisfaction of certain requirements, such as in the German ' ...

in the

Piura Region 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 ...

, in northwestern

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. It is located in the

Talara Province Talara is a province in the Piura Region, Peru. It is bordered by the Pacific Ocean on the west, the Paita Province on the south, the Sullana Province on the east and the Tumbes Region's Contralmirante Villar Province on the north. Its capital i ...

and is capital of the

Máncora District Máncora District is a Districts of Peru, district in the Talara Province of the Piura Region in northwestern Peru. Its capital is the beach resort town of Máncora. Officially established as a district on November 14, 1908. Towns and villages * ...

. The town has 10,547 inhabitants (2007). The

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serves as Máncora's main street. The area is known for its turquoise beaches and good waves, making it a

surfing Surfing is a surface water sport in which an individual, a surfer (or two in tandem surfing), uses a board to ride on the forward section, or face, of a moving wave of water, which usually carries the surfer towards the shore. Waves suitabl ...

destination. The beach town has over 30 different beach resorts that receive tourists from all over South America. In 2005, 340,000 tourists visited Mancora.Beyond Mancora: five places that can visit and visit the end of the year (In Spanish)
http://busportal.pe/

Climate

Máncora has a warm climate with an average of 29 °C. The hot months, which are from December to May, are characterized by light rains at night and a temperature that can easily reach 35 °C. With the occurrence of El Niño phenomenon , it can go up to 40 °C. In the rest of the year, the daytime temperature rarely drops below 25 or 26 °C, although in winters; from June to September, the nights are cool, windy and the minimum temperature drops to 19 °C. Spring (October and November) and autumn (May and June) maintain temperatures ranging between 20 °C and 30 °C respectively. The sea temperature in

Piura Piura is a city in northwestern Peru located in the Sechura Desert on the Piura River. It is the capital of the Piura Region and the Piura Province. Its population was 484,475 as of 2017. It was here that Spanish Conqueror Francisco Pizarro fou ...

and Tumbes varies. The temperature ranges from 24 °C to 26 °C during the summer months (from December to May) and the rest of the year between 21 °C to 23 °C; something that differentiates it from the rest of Peruvian beaches further south of these regions, since these rarely rise above 22 °C, even in summer. This is due to the significant influence of the

Humboldt current The Humboldt Current, also called the Peru Current, is a cold, low- salinity ocean current that flows north along the western coast of South America.Montecino, Vivian, and Carina B. Lange. "The Humboldt Current System: Ecosystem components and pr ...

Sports

Máncora's bay attracts surfers and kite surfers.

Health

In health, it has a health center at Minsa and the Consultorio Médico Flores, Avenida Grau 184, 999455314, which has been operating since January 1990 and is a graduate of the UNMSM in Lima.

Gallery

File:Mancora Beach.JPG, Mancora Beach File:Main Street in Mancora, Peru.jpg, One of a few bus companies on the main street in Mancora File:Mancora Municipal Council building.jpg, Town hall in Mancora

References

Talara Government description of MancoraPiura regional government site

External links