Sexi District is one of eleven
districts
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of the province
Santa Cruz in northern
Peru
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[ ]Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática
The Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI) ("National Institute of Statistics and Informatics") is a semi-autonomous Peruvian government agency which coordinates, compiles, and evaluates statistical information for the country ...
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Banco de Información Distrital
''. Retrieved April 11, 2008. Chiclayo is the nearest metropolitan center to the east of Sexi, from which one may travel by car or bus to the district.
The small town of Sexi is located in this district. The town is situated near a petrified forest, El Bosque Petrificado Piedra Chamana (The Petrified Forest Piedra Chamana). The fossils that are there date to the
Eocene
The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), Era. The name ''Eocene' ...
epoch (~39 Ma), and the forest contains fossilized wood and leaves. Guided tours of the petrified forest are available and there is a museum dedicated to the fossils in the town.
References
The Petrified Forest Piedra Chamana , Sexi, PeruEl Bosque Petrificado Piedra Chamana , Sexi, Perú
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