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Piura, the Glossary

Piura is a city in northwestern Peru located north of the Sechura Desert on the Piura River.^[1]

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1532 establishments in the Spanish Empire
Cities in Peru
Populated places established in 1532
Populated places in the Piura Region
Regional capital cities in Peru

Andalusia

Andalusia (Andalucía) is the southernmost autonomous community in Peninsular Spain.

Andes

The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America.

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Antenor Orrego Private University

The Antenor Orrego Private University is a Peruvian private university located in Trujillo, La Libertad Region.

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Arequipa (Aymara and Ariqipa), also known by its nicknames of Ciudad Blanca (Spanish for "White City") and León del Sur (Spanish for "Lion of the South"), is a city in Peru and the capital of the eponymous province and department. Piura and Arequipa are cities in Peru and regional capital cities in Peru.

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Arizona

Arizona (Hoozdo Hahoodzo; Alĭ ṣonak) is a landlocked state in the Southwestern region of the United States.

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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.

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Atlético Grau

Club Atlético Grau, more commonly known as Atlético Grau or simply, Grau, is a Peruvian professional football club based in the city of Piura.

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Atlético Torino

Club Atlético Torino is a Peruvian football club, playing in the city of Talara.

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Atmospheric pressure

Atmospheric pressure, also known as air pressure or barometric pressure (after the barometer), is the pressure within the atmosphere of Earth.

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Auto rickshaw

An auto rickshaw is a motorized version of the pulled rickshaw or cycle rickshaw.

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Ayabaca Province

Ayabaca or Ayavaca is one of the eight provinces of the Piura Region, in northwestern Peru.

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Battle of Angamos

The Battle of Angamos (Combate de Angamos) was a naval encounter of the War of the Pacific fought between the navies of Chile and Perú at Punta Angamos, on 8 October 1879.

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Catholic University Los Angeles of Chimbote

Catholic University Los Angeles of Chimbote (Universidad Católica Los Ángeles de Chimbote; Uladech Católica or Uladech) is a Catholic university in Chimbote, Peru.

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César Vallejo University

The César Vallejo University (Universidad César Vallejo, UCV) is a private Peruvian university located in Victor Larco district in Trujillo city, on the coast of La Libertad Region.

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Ceviche

Ceviche, cebiche, sebiche, or seviche is a dish consisting of fish or shellfish marinated in citrus and seasonings, recognized by UNESCO as an expression of Peruvian traditional cuisine and Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, although different versions of ceviche are part of the culinary culture of various Spanish-American countries along the Pacific Ocean where each one is native: Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Peru.

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Chiclayo

Chiclayo (Mochica: Cɥiclaiæp) is the principal city and capital of the Lambayeque region and Chiclayo Province in northern Peru. Piura and Chiclayo are cities in Peru and regional capital cities in Peru.

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Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America.

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Chimor

Chimor (also Kingdom of Chimor or Chimú Empire) was the political grouping of the Chimú culture.

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Chinese people

The Chinese people, or simply Chinese, are people or ethnic groups identified with China, usually through ethnicity, nationality, citizenship, or other affiliation.

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Chira River

Chira River or Rio Chira is the name of a river (as well as valley) in northern Peru whose mouth is 100 km north west of the provincial capital of Piura and 25 km north of the port of Paita.

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Coolie

Coolie (also spelled koelie, kuli, khuli, khulie, cooli, cooly, or quli) is a pejorative term used for low-wage labourers, typically those of Indian or Chinese descent.

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Coordinated Universal Time

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the primary time standard globally used to regulate clocks and time.

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Department of Lambayeque

Lambayeque is a department and region in northwestern Peru known for its rich Moche and Chimú historical past.

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Department of Piura

Piura is a coastal department and region in northwestern Peru.

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Desert climate

The desert climate or arid climate (in the Köppen climate classification BWh and BWk) is a dry climate sub-type in which there is a severe excess of evaporation over precipitation.

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Deutscher Wetterdienst

The Deutscher Wetterdienst or DWD for short, is the German Meteorological Service, based in Offenbach am Main, Germany, which monitors weather and meteorological conditions over Germany and provides weather services for the general public and for nautical, aviational, hydrometeorological or agricultural purposes.

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Ecuador

Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west.

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El Niño–Southern Oscillation

El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a global climate phenomenon that emerges from variations in winds and sea surface temperatures over the tropical Pacific Ocean.

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Empalme, Sonora

Empalme is a city surrounded by the homonymous municipality located on the south-central coast of the Mexican state of Sonora.

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Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist.

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Estadio Miguel Grau (Piura)

Estadio Miguel Grau is a multi-use stadium in Piura, Peru, built in 1958.

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Extremadura

Extremadura (Estremaúra; Estremadura; Fala: Extremaúra) is a landlocked autonomous community of Spain.

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Footprint Travel Guides is the imprint of Footprint Handbooks Ltd, a publisher of guidebooks based in Bath in the United Kingdom.

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Francisco del Castillo Andraca

Francisco del Castillo, O. de M. or Francisco del Castillo Andraca (1716–1770) was a Peruvian poet, writer and priest of the Order of Mercy.

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Francisco Pizarro

Francisco Pizarro, Marquess of the Atabillos (– 26 June 1541) was a Spanish conquistador, best known for his expeditions that led to the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire.

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Gossypium barbadense

Gossypium barbadense is one of several species of cotton.

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Greenwich Mean Time

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the local mean time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, counted from midnight.

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Huancayo

Huancayo (in Wankayu, '(place) with a (sacred) rock') is the capital of the Junín Region and Huancayo Province, in the central highlands of Peru, in the Mantaro Valley and is crossed by the Shullcas, Chilca and Mantaro rivers. Piura and Huancayo are cities in Peru and regional capital cities in Peru.

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Humboldt Current

The Humboldt Current, also called the Peru Current, is a cold, low-salinity ocean current that flows north along the western coast of South America.

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Humidity

Humidity is the concentration of water vapor present in the air.

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Ica, Peru

Ica (Quechua: Ika) is a city and the capital of the Department of Ica in southern Peru. Piura and Ica, Peru are cities in Peru and regional capital cities in Peru.

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Inca Empire

The Inca Empire, officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts (Tawantinsuyu, "four parts together"), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America.

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática

The Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI) ("National Institute of Statistics and Informatics") is a semi-autonomous Peruvian government agency which coordinates, compiles, and evaluates statistical information for the country.

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Iquitos

Iquitos is the capital city of Peru's Maynas Province and Loreto Region. Piura and Iquitos are cities in Peru and regional capital cities in Peru.

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Jorge Chávez International Airport

Jorge Chávez International Airport is the main international airport serving Lima, the capital of Peru.

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José de San Martín

José Francisco de San Martín y Matorras (25 February 177817 August 1850), nicknamed "the Liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru", was an Argentine general and the primary leader of the southern and central parts of South America's successful struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire who served as the Protector of Peru.

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Lima

Lima, founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (Spanish for "City of Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of the country, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Piura and Lima are cities in Peru.

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Loja, Ecuador

Loja, formerly Loxa and fully City of the Immaculate Conception of Loja (Ciudad de la Inmaculada Concepción de Loja), is the capital of Ecuador's Loja Province.

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Malagasy peoples

The Malagasy (Malgache) are a group of Austronesian-speaking ethnic groups indigenous to the island country of Madagascar.

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Mestizo

Mestizo (fem. mestiza, literally 'mixed person') is a person of mixed European and Indigenous non-European ancestry in the former Spanish Empire.

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Miguel Grau Seminario

Miguel María Grau Seminario (27 July 1834 – 8 October 1879) was the most renowned Peruvian naval officer and hero of the naval battle of Angamos during the War of the Pacific (1879–1884).

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Moche culture

The Moche civilization (alternatively, the Moche culture or the Early, Pre- or Proto-Chimú) flourished in northern Peru with its capital near present-day Moche, Trujillo, Peru from about 100 to 700 AD during the Regional Development Epoch.

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Mochica language

Mochica is an extinct language formerly spoken along the northwest coast of Peru and in an inland village.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA) is a US scientific and regulatory agency charged with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, charting the seas, conducting deep-sea exploration, and managing fishing and protection of marine mammals and endangered species in the US exclusive economic zone.

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Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City, officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions.

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PAF Captain Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport

PAF Captain Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport is an airport serving Piura, Peru.

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Paita Province

The Paita Province is one of eight provinces of the Piura Region in northwestern Peru.

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Pan-American Highway

The Pan-American Highway(Auto)route panaméricaine/transaméricaine; Rodovia/Autoestrada Pan-americana; Autopista/Carretera/Ruta Panamericana is a network of roads stretching across the Americas, measuring about in total length.

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Pearl

A pearl is a hard, glistening object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle) of a living shelled mollusk or another animal, such as fossil conulariids.

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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 Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River.

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Peruvian Primera División

The Peru First Division (known simply as First Division, and Liga 1 Te Apuesto for sponsorship reasons), officially known as Liga 1, is the top flight of association football in Peru.

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Peruvian waltz

The vals criollo (Creole waltz), or Peruvian waltz (vals peruano), is an adaptation of the European waltz brought to the Americas during colonial times by Spain.

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Piura Province

Piura is a province in the Piura Region in northwestern Peru.

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Piura River

The Piura River is a river in northern Peru.

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Poechos Reservoir

Poechos Reservoir is a middle-sized reservoir on Peru's Chira River in the border area between Peru and Ecuador.

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Romani people

The Romani, also spelled Romany or Rromani and colloquially known as the Roma (Rom), are an ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin who traditionally lived a nomadic, itinerant lifestyle.

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Sechura

Sechura is a town in northwestern Peru, south of Piura. Piura and Sechura are Populated places in the Piura Region.

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Sechura Desert

The Sechura Desert is a coastal desert located south of the Piura Region of Peru along the Pacific coast and inland to the foothills of the Andes Mountains.

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Semi-arid climate

A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type.

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South American Handbook

The South American Handbook is a travel guide to South America, published in the United Kingdom by Footprint Books.

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Subtropics

The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical and climate zones to the north and south of the tropics.

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Sullana

SullanaRegional Tourism Office of Piura,. Piura and Sullana are cities in Peru and Populated places in the Piura Region.

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The Old Man and the Sea (1958 film)

The Old Man and the Sea is a 1958 American adventure drama film directed by John Sturges and starring Spencer Tracy.

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Topa Inca Yupanqui

Topa Inca Yupanqui or Túpac Inca Yupanqui ('Tupaq Inka Yupanki'), also Topa Inga Yupangui, translated as "noble Inca accountant," (before 14711493) was the tenth Sapa Inca (1471–93) of the Inca Empire, fifth of the Hanan dynasty.

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Tren de la Costa (Peru)

The Tren de la Costa is a planned regional rail line in Peru, paralleling the Pan American Highway between the cities of Sullana, Lima, and Ica.

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Trujillo, Cáceres

Trujillo is a municipality located in Extremadura, an autonomous community of Spain in the Province of Cáceres.

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Trujillo, Peru

Trujillo (Truhillu; Mochica: Cɥimor) is a city in coastal northwestern Peru and the capital of the Department of La Libertad. It is the third most populous city and center of the third most populous metropolitan area of Peru. It is located on the banks of the Moche River, near its mouth at the Pacific Ocean, in the Moche Valley. Piura and Trujillo, Peru are cities in Peru and regional capital cities in Peru.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piura

Also known as History of Piura, Piwra, San Miguel de Piura.

, Miguel Grau Seminario, Moche culture, Mochica language, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Oklahoma City, Pacific Ocean, PAF Captain Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport, Paita Province, Pan-American Highway, Pearl, Peru, Peruvian Primera División, Peruvian waltz, Piura Province, Piura River, Poechos Reservoir, Romani people, Sechura, Sechura Desert, Semi-arid climate, South American Handbook, Subtropics, Sullana, The Old Man and the Sea (1958 film), Topa Inca Yupanqui, Tren de la Costa (Peru), Trujillo, Cáceres, Trujillo, Peru, Tumbes, Peru, United States, Universidad Alas Peruanas, University of Piura, Vicús culture, War of the Pacific, Wari Empire, William Brown (admiral), 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

Piura, the Glossary

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See also

1532 establishments in the Spanish Empire

Cities in Peru

Populated places established in 1532

Populated places in the Piura Region

Regional capital cities in Peru

References