Sechura is a city in northwestern

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...

, south of

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 ...

. It is the capital of

Sechura Province The Sechura Province is the largest of eight provinces of the Piura Region in Peru. Location The province is located on the shores of the Pacific Ocean in the extreme north of Peru, just below the upper most Tumbes Region which is on the border w ...

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 ...

. The city lends its name to the

Sechura Desert The Sechura Desert is a coastal desert located south of the Piura Region of Peru along the Pacific Ocean coast and inland to the foothills of the Andes Mountains. Its extreme aridity is caused by the upwelling of cold coastal waters and subtrop ...

, which extends south along most of coastal Peru. Crescent dunes lie south of the city, between the sea and the highway. The city has a main square with the ''Catédral de Sechura'', built in the 18th century in the Spanish colonial style. Because of the desert surrounding the city, the church has sometimes been called the ''Catédral de Arena'' (Sand Cathedral).

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Populated places in the Piura Region {{Piura-geo-stub