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Chicama Valley is an area located at north of the
Valley of Moche The Valley of Moche, or ''Valley of Santa Catalina,'' is a large area of the La Libertad Region in northern Peru surrounding the Moche River. It has been farmed since the pre-Columbian era and currently contains rural and urban settlements. Truji ...
in
La Libertad Region La Libertad (; in English language, English: ''The Liberty'') is a Regions of Peru, department and Regional Government of La Libertad, region in northwestern Peru. Formerly it was known as the Department of La Libertad ('). It is bordered by the L ...
, northern
Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
, it has agricultural resources where one of the main products is cane of sugar; this valley has been formed on both sides of the
Chicama River Chicama is a town in Northern Peru, capital of the district of Chicama of Ascope Province in the region La Libertad. This town is located beside the Pan-American Highway some 33 km north of Trujillo city in the agricultural Chicama Valley. S ...
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Description

Mainly It is an agricultural zone that is part of the project
Chavimochic Chavimochic Special Project is an irrigation system that extends throughout much of the coast of the La Libertad Region, on the north coast of Peru. It was started in the 1960s by the National Development Institute (INADE), a Peruvian central ...
in its third stage.


Interesting places

Some interesting places in the valley are: *
Ascope Ascope is a town in Northern Peru, capital of the province Ascope in the region La Libertad. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e InformáticaBanco de Información Digital, Retrieved June 17, 2008 See also *Puerto Chicama * Chicama *El Brujo ...
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Puerto Chicama Malabrigo also called unofficially Puerto Chicama, is a port and small coastal city in northwestern Peru, located in La Libertad Region, some 70 km north of Trujillo city. The town is home to the Chicama wave, the first legally protected ...
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Casas_Grandes Casas Grandes (Spanish for ''Great Houses''; also known as Paquimé) is a prehistoric archaeological site in the northern Mexico, Mexican state of Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua. Construction of the site is attributed to the Mogollon culture. Casa ...
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Cascas Cascas is a town in Northern Peru, capital of Gran Chimú Province in La Libertad Region. Cascas is a small town of 5000 people located in the mountains of the state of La Libertad, Peru. Located 2 hours from the capital city of Trujillo. The ...
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El Brujo Located in the Chicama Valley, the El Brujo Archaeological Complex, just north of Trujillo, Peru, Trujillo, La Libertad Region, La Libertad Province, Peru, is an ancient archaeological site that was occupied from preceramic times. Considering ...
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Huaca Prieta Huaca Prieta is the site of a prehistoric settlement beside the Pacific Ocean in the Chicama Valley, just north of Trujillo, La Libertad Province, Peru. It is a part of the El Brujo Archaeological Complex, which also includes Moche (culture) s ...


See also

* Trujillo *
Valley of Moche The Valley of Moche, or ''Valley of Santa Catalina,'' is a large area of the La Libertad Region in northern Peru surrounding the Moche River. It has been farmed since the pre-Columbian era and currently contains rural and urban settlements. Truji ...
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Viru Valley The Viru Valley is located in La Libertad Region on the north west coast of Peru. The Viru Valley Project In 1946 the first attempt to study settlement patterns in the Americas took place in the Viru Valley, led by Gordon Willey. Rather than exa ...
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Chao Valley Chao Valley is an area located at south of Virú Valley in La Libertad Region, northern Peru. It has significant agricultural resources, notably asparagus and blueberries. The valley rises up on both sides of the Chao River. Description Mainly ...


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References

{{coord missing, Peru Valleys of the Department of La Libertad