Place:La Libertad, Peru

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NameLa Libertad
Alt namesLa Libertadsource: Wikipedia
La Libertad departmentsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeRegion
Coordinates8°S 78.5°W
Located inPeru
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Ascope
Bolívar
Buldibuyo
Chepén
Chocope
Guadalupe
Huamachuco
Otuzco
Pacasmayo
Paiján
Patáz
Puerto Chicama
Quiruvilca
Salaverry
San Pedro de Lloc
Santiago de Cao
Santiago de Chuco
Simbal
Sitabamba
Tayabamba
Trujillo ( 1534 - )
Virú
Unknown
Chusgón
Jequetepeque
Marcabal
Sartinbamba
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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La Libertad (; in English: 'The Liberty') is a region in northwestern Peru. Formerly it was known as the Department of La Libertad. It is bordered by the Lambayeque, Cajamarca and Amazonas regions on the north, the San Martín Region on the east, the Ancash and Huánuco regions on the south and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Its capital is Trujillo, which is the nation's third biggest city. The region's main port is Salaverry, one of Peru's largest ports. The name of the region is Spanish for "freedom" or "liberty"; it was named in honor of the Intendencia of Trujillo's proclaiming independence from Spain in 1820 and fighting for that. It is the ninth smallest department in Peru, but it is also its second most populous department after Piura and its second most densely populated department after Lambayeque.

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