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36-487: The name Lambayeque is a Spanish derivation of the god Yampellec , said to have been worshipped by the first Lambayeque king, Naymlap . The Spanish gave the name to the early people. The vast plains that make up the department of Lambayeque's territory are watered by rivers that originate in the Andes; cultivation is only possible in a small portion of this parched region with irrigation. The fertile river valleys produce half of

72-452: A lack of sanitary conditions, the capital was moved to Monte de los Padres ( Morropón ); in 1578, and for the same reason, it was moved again, this time to San Francisco de la Buena Esperanza ( Paita ). In 1588, the permanent attacks of the English pirates and privateers forced a final relocation of the capital to Piura. During colonial times, life went by peacefully. Yet, the raids against

108-563: A young Piuran or northern person). Piuranos are characterized by their witty minds, melancolic Tondero music and welcoming personalities. Like many Peruvians, they enjoy drinking chicha de jora , pisco or beer and many of them have a tendency towards creativity and art as their source of income. Local gastronomical dishes include the Piuran Secho de Chavelo (the capital's dish), Algarrobina cocktails, many types of ceviches and other seafoods like Majarisco and Pasao al Agua . Piura

144-446: Is Piura and its largest port cities, Paita and Talara , are also among the most important in Peru. The area is known for its tropical and dry beaches. It is the most populous department in Peru, its twelfth smallest department, and its fourth-most densely populated department, after Tumbes , La Libertad , and Lambayeque . The country's latest decentralization program is in hiatus after

180-518: Is famed for its natilla sweets as well. The warm climate of this region forbids hard labour from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., so it is common tradition to take siestas and better to wake up early to get important stuff done before noon. Processions and religious folk are passionately practiced by some of the locals. One of them is Cristo de Ayabaca . Popular crafts are the Chulucana Pottery and handy hats and silversmith arts made from

216-712: Is found in the higher regions of the Sierra. Rain is scarce from May to November: it rains only from December to April at discontinuous rates due to the influence of the El Niño Current, but every so often, when the El Niño phenomenon arrives, rain is copious and makes the dry ravines become alive, giving rise not only to the impressive forests but to many floods and great landslides. El Niño occurs when ocean waters reach 27 °C (81 °F). When ocean water temperatures elevate 1 or 1.5 degrees Celsius higher than 26 °C (79 °F),

252-408: Is the famous Peruvian Waltz , well practiced by traditional musicians (northern Peruvians have their style). The region is divided into 8 provinces (Spanish: provincias , singular: provincia ), which are composed of 64 districts ( distritos , singular: distrito ). The provinces, with their capitals in parentheses, are: Populated places include: Provinces of Peru Supreme Court of

288-536: Is the original home of Pima cotton . Piura also produces bananas, coconuts, rice and other fruits as local income. The " Manglares de San Pedro de Vice " in Sechura Province of Piura are the southernmost mangroves on the Pacific coast of South America. Its development has been favoured also by the petroleum found in the ocean of Talara Province , fishing is blessed by two ocean currents, silver mines are common and

324-486: The Catacaos Province. Northern cowboys can still be seen today wandering the deserts of Sechura , Catacaos and the forests of Morropon transporting their goods using donkeys and mules. They seem to resemble physically the "American Southwest" cowboys , or Argentinian gauchos and Mexican charros . They are noted not only for their abilities to sing and play Cumanana and Tondero but as silversmiths that work

360-694: The Mochicas and, centuries later, by the Incas , during the rule of Tupac Inca Yupanqui . In 1532, Francisco Pizarro founded the first Spanish city in South America on the banks of the Chira River in the Tangarará Valley . He named it San Miguel de Piura. The founding date is still subject of controversy. However, during the 450th anniversary celebrations, July 15 was adopted as the official date. In 1534, due to

396-552: The Piura and Sullana rivers. There is montane forest ( selva alta ) as one goes away from the coast onto the sierra. Páramo climates and cooler temperatures appear higher in the sierra. Topography is smooth in the coast and rough in the Sierra . There are many arid plains in the southern region. The Sechura Desert , located south of the Piura River , is Peru's largest desert and one of

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432-559: The Zaña Valley . Archaeologists assumed that the temple was abandoned around 250 BC and later used as a burial ground by the Chumy people. Twenty of the tombs belonged to the people of Chumy, and one to an adult male buried during the Formative period with a ceramic bottle with two spouts and a bridge handle. According to the excavations, as many as three construction phases took place in the temple:

468-520: The Olmos Carob Tree Forest supported goat herds that fed on carobs. The fine goatskins were tanned to create the fine, pale, leather known as "cordoban" or "cordovan", from the Spanish town of Córdoba , where the process was developed. Goat fat was used to make soap. There are two small islands off the Pacific coast of the department of Lambayeque: Lobos de Afuera , and Lobos de Tierra ; there

504-566: The Peruvian Andes. The rivers crossing its territory belong both to the Pacific watershed and to the Amazon Basin . The Chira River is the most important and flows into the Pacific Ocean. The Piura River also flows into the Pacific Ocean although the flow varies greatly with the changing seasons and during severe droughts will dry up. The climate is subtropical and tropical savanna in

540-571: The Republic President Javier Arévalo Vela  [ es ] The provinces of Peru ( Spanish : provincias ) are the second-level administrative subdivisions of the country. They are divided into districts (Spanish: distritos ). There are 196 provinces in Peru , grouped into 25 regions , except for Lima Province which does not belong to any region. This makes an average of seven provinces per region. The region with

576-530: The Spanish authorities led by Admirals Borran and Cochrane, members of the libertarian expedition of José de San Martín , woke the longing for liberty in the minds of the local people. Piura is host to a stunning mestizo culture, since all races mix here. Local Piuranos have a different accent from their neighbours at both sides since: they tend elongate their syllables in a similar ways to northern Mexicans. Piuranos have their own proud slang. Locals for example, call themselves Churres (popular term used for

612-404: The center and north coast, Semi-arid in the southern coast near Lambayeque Region . Piura has a tropical dry or tropical savanna climate monsoon weather that averages 26 °C (79 °F) throughout the whole year. Pleasant warm winters (June to October) that average between 25 and 28 °C (77 and 82 °F) during the daytime and lows around 16 and 18 °C (61 and 64 °F) during

648-630: The consequence could be catastrophic rains. Although ocean waters can drop to 19 °C (66 °F) during the dry winter months (May to October), they can also rise to 27 °C (81 °F) during the humid summer months (December to April); this calls for pleasant rains; yet if the temperatures rise 1 or 1.5 °C degrees above that, El Niño is assured. During the hottest days of summer (December to April), temperatures can reach almost 40 °C (104 °F) inland. During night time, 30s or even high 20s may seem unpleasant, which urge people to go to beach resorts such as Máncora or Colán. The rest of

684-493: The current Bayovar Deposits are present as well. The most important culture that developed in the Piura region was Vicús , which stood out for its ceramics and delicate work in gold . The Tallanes or Yungas , however, were the first settlers, who migrated from the Sierra . During a period that is still vague, they lived in behetrias , which were primitive settlements without a head or an organization. Later they were conquered by

720-546: The east by Cajamarca Region , to the south by the Lambayeque Region , and to the west by the Pacific Ocean. "Punta Pariñas" in Piura is South America's most western point. The territory of the Piura Region has many climate variations due to its geographical location. It is just 4 degrees south of the equator, yet receives two ocean currents at the same time: the cold Humboldt Current (13–20 °C; 55–68 °F) and

756-462: The end of a flourishing city. The people of Lambayeque followed Juan Manuel Iturregui as their leader in the struggles for emancipation and independence from Spain. He spread the libertarian ideas and helped get arms for the cause. In November 2019, Peruvian archaeologists led by Walter Alva discovered a 3,000-year-old, 130 feet long megalithic 'water cult' temple with 21 tombs in the Oyotún district in

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792-478: The fewest provinces is Callao (one) and the region with the most is Ancash (twenty). While provinces in the sparsely populated Amazon rainforest of eastern Peru tend to be larger, there is a large concentration of them in the north-central area of the country. The province with the fewest districts is Purús Province , with just one district. The province with the most districts is Lima Province , with 43 districts. The most common number of districts per province

828-426: The filigree earrings , leathers , hats , wooden and silver utensils of Catacaos region. The Tondero and Cumanana are the traditional music of the Piura Region. Chicha music, now called Tecnocumbia (originally a Peruvian styled cumbia with electronic elements), is the modern version of popular music all over, as well as Salsa among youngsters. Another great tradition that is sung by all northern Peruvians

864-654: The first was between 1500 BC–800 BC, when people built the foundations of the building from cone-shaped clay; second, between 800 BC–400 BC, when the megalithic temple was built under the influence of the pre-Inca civilization known as the Chavin; and finally 400 BC–100 BC, when people added circular pillars used to hold the roof of the temple. The department is divided into 3 provinces ( provincias , singular: provincia ), which are composed of 38 districts ( distritos , singular: distrito ). The provinces, with their capitals in parentheses, are: The most famous composer from Lambayeque

900-410: The marine terraces such as those of Máncora, Talara and Lobitos. Valleys have been formed by fluvial terraces of the Chira River and Piura River . To the east, valleys are more or less deep and have been eroded by rivers forming equatorial tropical-dry-forests . The major peak surpasses 3000 m. The Paso de Porculla, in the southwest of the territory is only 2,138 meters high and is the lowest pass of

936-514: The months have pleasant summer temperatures in the low 30s and mid 20s °C (77–90 °F). Piura is a land of unique algarrobo trees, a variety of mesquite similar to the carob , and it is the region with the most equatorial tropical dry forests in the whole Pacific. These ecoregions carry a unique variety of orchids, birds, reptiles, plants and mammals. Piura is known for the best and oldest lime-lemons in South America as well as South America's finest mango (tropical dry). With Lambayeque, it

972-584: The night. In 2013 and 2016, Chulucanas and the Lancones District , two places in the Department of Piura, recorded a temperature of 39.8 °C (103.6 °F). This is the highest temperature to have ever been recorded in Peru. Piura is covered by deserts, tropical valleys, dry equatorial forests, tropical montane climates as you reach between 1000 and 1500 meters, and a humid subtropical sierra climate if you reach over 2,000 meters. The Páramo climate

1008-477: The northern area, establishing great urban centers there. They were great farmers, textile experts and, wonderful goldsmiths, with extraordinary works in gold. The Inca conquest of what today is Lambayeque, lasted almost four decades. Pachacuti , Tupac Inca Yupanqui and Huayna Cápac , successively, ruled during the process. In the 16th century, the Spaniard leader Francisco Pizarro took his conquistadors across

1044-525: The proposal to merge departments was defeated in the national referendum in October 2005. The referendum held on October 30, 2005, as part of the ongoing decentralization process in Peru , to decide whether the region would merge with the current regions of Lambayeque and Tumbes to create a new Región Norte was defeated. The Piura Region is bordered to the north by the Tumbes Region and Ecuador , to

1080-468: The region on the way to Cajamarca to conclude the defeat of the Inca empire. He was amazed by the gold exposed in vases and utensils. During Colonial times, a rivalry started between the people of the towns of Lambayeque and Santiago de Miraflores de Saña. The reason of the conflict was the opulence in which the latter lived, even provoking the greed of pirates. A flood in 1720, however, destroyed Saña and marked

1116-565: The sugar cane crop of Peru. In addition, Lambayeque and the department of Piura provide most of the rice crops consumed in Peru. Increased agricultural harvest is expected with completion of the Olmos Transandino Project . The water supply project will transfer up to 2 billion m annually of water from the Huancabamba River in the department of Cajamarca east of Lambayeque. In the smaller scale farming of earlier centuries,

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1152-581: The warm El Niño Current (20–27 °C; 68–81 °F). This makes the Piura Region a land that is both tropical and arid at the same time, The Land where the Tropics meets The Desert The coast is divided by the Peruvian subtropical desert of Sechura on the south and savanna -like scrub Tumbes–Piura dry forests to the center and north of the region. There are also small valleys of tropical climate, where rice and coconut fields are common, especially around

1188-485: The world's few examples of a tropical desert ; it borders a tropical terrain to the north. The Bayóvar Depression , which is the lowest point in Peru and all of the Southern Tropics , is located in this desert. The morphological forms most common in the coast are the dry ravine that suddenly become copious when there are heavy rains, forming tropical dry forests all over. Other features are half-moon shaped dunes ,

1224-480: Was Luis Abelardo Nuñez , born in Ferreñafe on 22 November 1926. His songs are among the most popular ones in Peruvian music. These included the following: 6°26′S 79°52′W  /  6.433°S 79.867°W  / -6.433; -79.867 Department of Piura Piura ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpjuɾa] ) is a coastal department and region in northwestern Peru . The region's capital

1260-561: Was a dispute with the department of Piura over ownership of the latter island. The region is bordered by the Piura Region on the north, the Cajamarca Region on the southeast, the La Libertad Region on the south and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Legend tells that in ancient times, a great float of balsa rafts arrived at the beaches of the existing San José cove . Formed by a brilliant cortege of nine foreign warriors, this float

1296-548: Was led by a man of great talent and courage, named Naymlap , the mythical founder of the first northwest civilization. Among the descendants of Naymlap were the Moche and the Chimú , the latter builders of a great civilization forged in Lambayeque before being conquered by the later Inca Empire . The Chimú grew to acquire a notable state parallel to the Inca. The Chimú moved their capital to

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