Monumento al trabajo del mar - panoramio

Zorritos is a town in the

Tumbes Region Tumbes () is a coastal department and region in northwestern Peru bordering Ecuador. Due to the region's location near the Equator it has a warm climate, with beaches that are considered among the finest in Peru. Despite its small area, the re ...

, in northwestern

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 ...

. It has a population of 6,605 (1999) and is the capital of the Contralmirante Villar Province. It is also the main settlement in the

Zorritos District Zorritos District is one of the three districts of the province Contralmirante Villar in 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 ...

. Its current mayor is Jesus Alberto Luna. Located 28 km south of Tumbes (the regional capital), Zorritos used to be a favourite beach resort for the Tumbes

aristocracy Aristocracy (; ) is a form of government that places power in the hands of a small, privileged ruling class, the aristocracy (class), aristocrats. Across Europe, the aristocracy exercised immense Economy, economic, Politics, political, and soc ...

, thanks to the

petroleum Petroleum, also known as crude oil or simply oil, is a naturally occurring, yellowish-black liquid chemical mixture found in geological formations, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons. The term ''petroleum'' refers both to naturally occurring un ...

-related activities in the area. Many beaches are located in the area, where metal leftovers of the old marine perforation platforms can still be seen. Today, these beaches are frequented by the ''tumbesino'' youth. The city has several small hotels and

seafood Seafood is any form of Marine life, sea life regarded as food by humans, prominently including Fish as food, fish and shellfish. Shellfish include various species of Mollusca, molluscs (e.g., bivalve molluscs such as clams, oysters, and mussel ...

restaurants. Zorritos is close to the

Cerros de Amotape National Park Cerros de Amotape National Park () is a protected area located in the regions of Piura Region, Piura and Tumbes Region, Tumbes in northern Peru. History The national park was officially established on July 22, 1975. Geography Cerros de Amota ...

and to the Hervideros

hot spring A hot spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a Spring (hydrology), spring produced by the emergence of Geothermal activity, geothermally heated groundwater onto the surface of the Earth. The groundwater is heated either by shallow ...

s.López Mazzotti, Daniel. A MOCHILA EN PERU. 168pp. Lima 1997. Consulted October 19, 2009.

References

Populated places in the Department of Tumbes {{Tumbes-geo-stub