Chancay and Huacho

Huacho

Huacho is a city in Peru, capital of the Huaura Province and capital of the Lima Region. It is located 223 feet (67 meters) above sea level and 148 km north of the city of Lima. The city is located on the Pan-American Highway and close to the Lomas de Lachay National Park so it has extensive vegetation and wildlife.

Settled on the bottom of a wide bay, its climate is wet and appealing. In the surrounding areas there are rice, cotton, sugarcane and different grain fields. This fact has allowed the rise of a rather important cotton industry, as well as cotton and oil factories. Within its natural landscape, its salt mines and its beaches (such as El Paraíso) are of great interest. Huacho was one of the main trade center north to Lima

Chancay

Chancay, archaeological site in central Peru, center of the ancient Cuismancu empire. Culturally influenced by the Chimu, the Cuismancu dominated less territory and were not as powerful. Nonetheless they built sizable cities and were somewhat more materially advanced than their southern neighbors, the Chincha (see Ica). The Cuismancu were conquered by the Inca in the 15th cent.