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
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was a
pre-Columbian
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archaeological culture
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, later part of the
Inca Empire
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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
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 ...
. 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
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agreed to build a new
port
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on the coast of Chancay as part of
China
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's
Belt and Road Initiative
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and in 2022, the China Harbour Engineering Company of
China Communications Construction Company agreed to build the complex at which would include
breakwaters, 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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intermodal container
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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, 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
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artifacts. El Castillo, Chancay, Peru.
File:Chancay fragment.jpg, Chancay culture textile, late Precolumbian
See also
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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
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References
Populated places in the Lima Region
Populated places established in 1562
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