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Virú is a town in 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 ...
, capital of the province Virú in the region La Libertad. This town is located 48 km south Trujillo city and is primarily an agricultural center in the Viru Valley. In the 1960s around 850 families lived in the town. Around 60% of the population worked in agriculture while the remaining 40% worked in shops and services. The town had a movie theater, a hospital and a secondary school.


See also

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Virú 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 The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a ...
* Chao * Virú District


References

Populated places in the Department of La Libertad Cities in the Department of La Libertad {{Peru-geo-stub