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ciudad de Sullana
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Sullana Province The Sullana Province is a landlocked province in the Piura Region in northwestern Peru. It is the northernmost province in the Piura Region. Boundaries *North Contralmirante Villar Province (Tumbes Region) *East Ecuador, Ayabaca Province *Sout ...

, in the north-western coastal plains of

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on the Chira valley.

Location

Sullana is located at 04°53' south latitude and 80°41' west longitude, 38 km north of

Piura Piura is a city in northwestern Peru located in the Sechura Desert on the Piura River. It is the capital of the Piura Region and the Piura Province. Its population was 484,475 as of 2017. It was here that Spanish Conqueror Francisco Pizarro ...

, the capital of the region.

Climate

The province has a tropical savanna climate and an average temperature of 27 °C degrees. The minimum temperature is 16 °C and the maximum temperature is 38 °C (can go over 42 °C mark if the El Niño phenomenon is present). The city is irrigated by the Chira River, the area around the capital city of Sullana is very fertile and there is much lush, tropical vegetation:

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palm trees,

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trees, paddy fields, etc. Sullana is an important commercial centre in one of Peru's major

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-growing areas, along with the San Martín Region and the smaller Tumbes Region. A new sugar cane plantation has been planted nearby to produce maple ethanol for

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production.

Population

Migration to Sullana has been intensive, but "pueblos jóvenes" ( shanty towns) are neither widespread nor conspicuous, as they are in Piura for example. The population in Sullana was 112,770 in 1981, 147,361 in 1993 and c. 162,500 in 2005.

History

The Chira valley has always been an important farming area. Before the Spanish Invasion, ethnic groups like the Tallanes, the Mochicas, the Chimú, and finally the Incas had settled here. This region was chosen by the Spaniards to found their first city in this part of the Americas, San Miguel de Tangarara, on July 15, 1532. The Spaniards changed the native farming system and created Repartimientos and

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s. Sullana was founded late in the 18th century, on July 8, 1783, by Bishop Baltazar Jaime Martínez de Compañon y Bufanda and given the name of "El Principe" (The Prince).

Transportation

Sullana has good bus connections to the north, to

in the south, as well as inland to Ayabaca and to

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on the

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ian border. The Tren de la Costa is planned.

Tourism

In the first week of January the Feria Internacional de los Reyes is celebrated. The

Poechos Reservoir Poechos Reservoir is a middle-sized reservoir on Peru's Chira River in the border area between Peru and Ecuador. Its purpose is to improve the accumulation of water stocks in the upper part of Peru's Chira basin by flood control, irrigation, drain ...

, 27 km from the city, offers water sports like water skiing, motor-boating, fishing and swimming. Image:Mirador de sullana.jpg, The Mirador de Sullana is one of the many tourist sites that has a view of the city

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{{Coord, 4, 54, S, 80, 41, W, type:city, display=title Populated places in the Piura Region Cities in Peru