Place:Chimbote, Ancash, Peru

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NameChimbote
TypeCity
Coordinates9.133°S 78.517°W
Located inAncash, Peru     (1760 - )
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Chimbote  ; ) is the largest city in the Ancash Region of Peru, and the capital of both Santa Province and Chimbote District.

The city is located on the coast in Ferrol Bay, 130 km south of Trujillo and 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. The advantages of this geographic location made Chimbote into a transshipment junction for the Santa River valley.

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