Paramonga is a town in central

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, capital of the district of

Paramonga Paramonga was an important city constructed at the border of the former Kingdom of Chimor in Peru during the late Intermediate Period (AD 1200 to 1400), whose capital was the metropolis of Chan Chan. Paramonga is located on the Fortaleza River, ...

in the province of Barranca in the

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Etymology

The word ''paramonga'' comes from the Mochica language spoken by the people that lived in the north coast, among them the Chimus, who settled in the Fortaleza Valley. Its meaning is the following: * ''para'' (vassals) * ''monga'' (here) The translation would be "vassals from around here". If the thesis of Torero were accepted, supporting that the

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language arose here, "paramonga" would come from ''para'' = rain and ''munqa'' = verbal ending of occurrence, i.e., "it's going to rain", according to scholar César Guardia Mayorga.

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Municipalidad Distrital de Paramonga
{{Coord, 10, 40, 28, S, 77, 49, 7, W, region:PE_type:city, display=title Populated places in the Lima Region