Vista Alegre is a town in the southwest side of Trujillo city, is in Victor Larco Herrera District in the

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of Trujillo,

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Population

This seaside town located one kilometer approximately from the

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, is completely urbanized and at year 2011 its estimated population is 10,000 people. In this town is located an

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of the RENIEC located at the intersection of Larco avenue and

Ayacucho Ayacucho (, , derived from the words ''aya'' ("death" or "soul") and ''k'uchu'' ("corner") in honour of the battle of Ayacucho), founded in 1540 as San Juan de la Frontera de Huamanga and known simply as Huamanga (Quechua: Wamanga) until 1825, i ...

street. File:ManuelSeoaneAvenue.jpg, Manuel Seoane Avenue, extends up to Buenos Aires beach

Infrastructure

In the

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sector, there are several schools as Víctor Larco and Andrés Avelino Cáceres. In the health sector, this town has the Vista Alegre Hospital inaugurated in July 2011 intended for the attention of the district's population Victor Larco Herrera. In the

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sector, it is used the ''Vista Alegre Stadium'' where develops the league championship soccer Victor Larco. Manuel Seoane Avenue is the main thoroughfare of the town which extends up to

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beach.

Main streets

*Manuel Seoane avenue, it starts in Huamán avenue and it goes till

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beach towards the west of Trujillo city. * Larco Avenue, it passes at north part of Vista Alegre. *Huamán Avenue, it passes at east side of Vista Alegre. *Dos de Mayo Avenue it limits Vista Alegre with

in the west side. File:CelebraciónVíctorLarco.jpg, Civic celebration ceremony in the main square of Vista Alegre File:SeguridadCiudadanaVLH.jpg, Citizen Security Base of víctor Larco district in the Main Plaza Vista Alegre

Geography

Main square of Vista Alegre is located at coordinates 79° 02' 53.61"

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west of

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meridian and 8° 8' 20.26"

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south. In this central square is located the

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of Vista Alegre, "Andrés Avelino Cáceres" school and

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Vista Alegre. Due to its proximity to the

, 1 km from

beach, Vista Alegre has a temperate

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in the day, cold and wet at night without extreme

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. In

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, temperatures range between 14° C and 18° C with a

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between 88% and 94%.

Climate

References

External links

Map of Vista Alegre"Huaca de la luna and Huaca del sol""Huacas del Sol y de la Luna Archaeological Complex"
Official Website
Information on El Brujo Archaeological ComplexChan Chan World Heritage Site
UNESCO
Chan Chan conservation projectWebsite about Trujillo, Reviews, Events, Business Directory

Multimedia

* * * {{YouTube, Joa9djbAa80, Marinera Festival 2012 in Trujillo city
Gallery pictures
by

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, Includes Geographical information by various authors
Colonial Trujillo photos
Localities of Trujillo, Peru