Chimbote is the largest coastal town in the Ancash Region of Peru, and the capital city of both Santa Province and Chimbote District. It is surrounded by two natural bays, the bay of Chimbote and the Bay of Samanco, both with excellent harbor conditions.
Chimbote forms a region comprising a number of urban areas with New Chimbote District to the South. Between these districts, a swamp named "the Humedales de Villa Maria,"is home to a local species of heron, a long-legged bird, along with many species of frogs and fish. The swamp is fromed by the Lacramarca River that flows through the Santa Province, one of the 20 provinces of the Ancash Region.
The Ancash Region is located in Northern Peru. The Name of the Region originates from the Quechua word "Anq-Ash" meaning together "Light" and "Of Little Weight," deriving from "Anq-As" meaning "Blue" or from "Anq-A" meaning "Eagle." The Region is bordered by La Libertad Region on the North, Huanuco and Pasco Regions on the East, the Lima Region on the South, and the Pacific Ocean on the West. Its capital is the city of Huaraz (War-As), and its largest city and port is Chimbote.
The Ancash Region has two, great longitudinal Valleys, which combine the Mountain characteristics of the Alley of Huaylas (Callejon de Huaylas) with the sylvan ones of the High Maranon (Alto Maranon).
The territory of the Coast (miles of sandy beaches), high plateaus, and Andean Punas of the Ancash Region are flat, while the rest of the territory, in the Andes, is very rough. In the West, slopes with strong declivity form narrow canyons with abrupt and deserted sides.
The rough territory of the region is crossed by two mountain ranges: on the Western side, the Black Mountain Range (Cordillera Negra), which has peaks without glaciers, and on the Eastern side, the White Mountain Range (Cordillera Blanca), which has peaks covered with snow and ice, like the Huascaran and the Alpamayo. Between these two Mountain Ranges, the Santa River flows through the Alley of Huaylas (Callejon de Huaylas). This Valley narrows to form the "Duck Canyon"(Canon del Pato). The snow-covered peak of Huascaran, highest summit of Peru and 2nd of the Americas, reaches a height of 6,768m/22,205ftmi/4.2mi and contrast with the 6,263m/20,548ft deep trough (a linear structural depression that extends laterally over a distance) of Chimbote found in the Pacific Ocean.
Along the coast of Ancash, the Pacific Ocean exerts great influence, sometimes with tragic effect.
The city of Chimbote is located on the Coast in Chimbote Bay, 130 kms South of Trujillo city, and 420 kms/260mi North of Lima on the North Pan-American Highway. It is the start of a chain of important cities on the Peruvian North Coast like Trujillo, Chiclayo, and Piura.
Chimbote is the natural exit channel for the exports of the Santa River Valley, and a starting point for the entry to the Alley of Huaylas (Callejon de Huaylas). The port of Chimbote is considered by some one of the most beautiful and safest ports in the Peruvian Coast. It extends 12kms/7.5mi, from Red Creek Bay (Caleta Colorada Bay) in the North, to Alconcillo in the South.
The city is served by the Teniente FAP Jaime Montreuil Morales Airport, that have regular flights to Lima. The rail line Chimbote-Huallanca serves as a railway for coal and iron mines on the interior and a railway for the Santa River Valley by transporting rice, cotton, sugar cane, and bananas. The Bus Terminal "El Chimbador" is the primary ground transportation facility. The bus terminal is located outside the city. It has become the vital connection for the region's workers, travelers and visitors.
Thursday, March 31, 2016
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
THE BEACH TOWN OF HUAN-CHACO.
Huan-chaco is a beach town of Mochica origin and a popular vacation spot. It is the most visited beach of Trujillo in Peru. It is situated 12kms North West of Trujillo city, in a bay, on a terrace at the foot of Campana Mountain.
Huanchaco is notable for its surf breaks and its Little Reed Horses (caballitos de Totora), and its ceviche.
Totora Horses are reed watercrafts used by Peruvian fishermen for the past 3,000 years. they transported their nets and collected the fish in their inner cavity. They are made from the same reed, Scirpus Californicus, used by the Uros in the Lake Titicaca region. Currently Huanchaco fishermen still use these vessels, riding the waves back into the shore, suggesting the origin of the first forms of wave riding.
Huanchaco was approved as a World Surfing Reserve by the organization 'Save the Waves Coalition' in 2012. This designation is the first awarded to a Latin America Town and the 5th in the world.
Huanchaco is visited by tourists all over the world, particularly Surfers. Several surf events are held and one of the most important each year in January is the Huan-Chaco Longboard. It has taken place since 2010 at the El Elio Beach bringing together leading surfers of several countries of the world.
The Swamps of Huanchaco, also known as Wetlands of Huanchaco is an ecological Chimu Reserve (natural interactions among organisms and their environment), located about 14kms North West of Trujillo city. From this ecological Reserve the ancient Mochica extracted the raw material for the manufacture of the ancient Little Reed Horses. The Little Reed Horses of Huanchaco beach still are being made from the Swamp's material and being used as ships of work.
The Moche civilization flourished in Northern Peru with its capital near present-day Moche and Trujillo. Their cultural sphere was centered on several Valleys on the North Coast of Peru in the Regions La Libertad, Lambayeque, Jequetepeque, Chicama, Viru, Chao, Santa, and Nepena, occupying 250 miles of Desert Coastline and up to 50 miles inland.
The Moche society was agriculturally based, with a significant level of investment in the contruction of irrigation canals for the diversion of River water to supply their crops. The culture was very sophisticated and their artifacts express their lives, with detailed scenes of hunting, fishing, fighting, sacrifice, sexual encounters in the spiritual world manifested in the physical realm, and elaborate ceremonies. They are particularly noted for their painted ceramics with so much details of the everyday life, gold work, monumental constructions (Huacas=Sources of Spiritual Energy) and their superb designs of irrigation systems.
Huan-chaco is near the Ruin of Chan Chan, the largest Pre-Columbian city in South America. It is located 5 kms West of Trujillo, in the mouth of the Moche Valley, in La Libertad Region. It is a particular arid section of the Coastal Desert. Due to the lack of rain in this area, the major source of water is in the form of Rivers carrying runoff from the Andes Mountains, allowing the control of land and water through irrigation systems. Chan Chan spanned 20 square kilometers having a dense urban center of 6 square kilometers and an extravagant citadels. The citadels were large architectural master-pieces which housed plazas, storerooms, and burial platforms for the high religious class. The splendor of this citadels suggests their association with the high rank levels of religious authorities. The housing for the artisans and people working in the citadels are small , irregular and all connected. The workshops and the place for boarding were the same showing a multipurpose use for the same area.
Huan-chaco's original population were fishermen. They worshipped the moon and the golden fish named Huaca Tasca. It was the main port Moche, Chimu, and the preferred port of the Incas.
In the colonial era, Huan-Chaco continued to be the main port of Trujillo city, but the port closed in 1870. Twenty years later was rebuilt exclusively for exporting sugar from businesses in neighboring Chicama Valley, one of the most important areas of sugar production in the country.
Huan-Chaco is the birthplace of the popular Peruvian "Ceviche."Oral stories says that "Ceviche" was prepared fresh using the raw fish freshly caught from the sea and marinating it with fresh lemons from Simbal (Yunga Village nearby), and chili from the Moche River Valley, and the final touch was the seaweed extracted from the sea.
Huanchaco is notable for its surf breaks and its Little Reed Horses (caballitos de Totora), and its ceviche.
Totora Horses are reed watercrafts used by Peruvian fishermen for the past 3,000 years. they transported their nets and collected the fish in their inner cavity. They are made from the same reed, Scirpus Californicus, used by the Uros in the Lake Titicaca region. Currently Huanchaco fishermen still use these vessels, riding the waves back into the shore, suggesting the origin of the first forms of wave riding.
Huanchaco was approved as a World Surfing Reserve by the organization 'Save the Waves Coalition' in 2012. This designation is the first awarded to a Latin America Town and the 5th in the world.
Huanchaco is visited by tourists all over the world, particularly Surfers. Several surf events are held and one of the most important each year in January is the Huan-Chaco Longboard. It has taken place since 2010 at the El Elio Beach bringing together leading surfers of several countries of the world.
The Swamps of Huanchaco, also known as Wetlands of Huanchaco is an ecological Chimu Reserve (natural interactions among organisms and their environment), located about 14kms North West of Trujillo city. From this ecological Reserve the ancient Mochica extracted the raw material for the manufacture of the ancient Little Reed Horses. The Little Reed Horses of Huanchaco beach still are being made from the Swamp's material and being used as ships of work.
The Moche civilization flourished in Northern Peru with its capital near present-day Moche and Trujillo. Their cultural sphere was centered on several Valleys on the North Coast of Peru in the Regions La Libertad, Lambayeque, Jequetepeque, Chicama, Viru, Chao, Santa, and Nepena, occupying 250 miles of Desert Coastline and up to 50 miles inland.
The Moche society was agriculturally based, with a significant level of investment in the contruction of irrigation canals for the diversion of River water to supply their crops. The culture was very sophisticated and their artifacts express their lives, with detailed scenes of hunting, fishing, fighting, sacrifice, sexual encounters in the spiritual world manifested in the physical realm, and elaborate ceremonies. They are particularly noted for their painted ceramics with so much details of the everyday life, gold work, monumental constructions (Huacas=Sources of Spiritual Energy) and their superb designs of irrigation systems.
Huan-chaco is near the Ruin of Chan Chan, the largest Pre-Columbian city in South America. It is located 5 kms West of Trujillo, in the mouth of the Moche Valley, in La Libertad Region. It is a particular arid section of the Coastal Desert. Due to the lack of rain in this area, the major source of water is in the form of Rivers carrying runoff from the Andes Mountains, allowing the control of land and water through irrigation systems. Chan Chan spanned 20 square kilometers having a dense urban center of 6 square kilometers and an extravagant citadels. The citadels were large architectural master-pieces which housed plazas, storerooms, and burial platforms for the high religious class. The splendor of this citadels suggests their association with the high rank levels of religious authorities. The housing for the artisans and people working in the citadels are small , irregular and all connected. The workshops and the place for boarding were the same showing a multipurpose use for the same area.
Huan-chaco's original population were fishermen. They worshipped the moon and the golden fish named Huaca Tasca. It was the main port Moche, Chimu, and the preferred port of the Incas.
In the colonial era, Huan-Chaco continued to be the main port of Trujillo city, but the port closed in 1870. Twenty years later was rebuilt exclusively for exporting sugar from businesses in neighboring Chicama Valley, one of the most important areas of sugar production in the country.
Huan-Chaco is the birthplace of the popular Peruvian "Ceviche."Oral stories says that "Ceviche" was prepared fresh using the raw fish freshly caught from the sea and marinating it with fresh lemons from Simbal (Yunga Village nearby), and chili from the Moche River Valley, and the final touch was the seaweed extracted from the sea.
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