Sullana

Sullana
Sullana
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Sullana^[2] is the capital of the Sullana Province, in the north-western coastal plains of Peru on the Chira valley.

Geography

Sullana is located at 04°53' south latitude and 80°41' west longitude, 38 km north of Piura, the capital of the region.^[3]

Climate

The province has a

El Niño

phenomenon is present).

The city is irrigated by the

sugar cane plantation has been planted nearby to produce maple ethanol for ethanol

production.

Population

Migration to Sullana has been intensive, but "pueblos jóvenes" (shanty towns) are neither widespread nor conspicuous, as they are in Piura for example. The population in Sullana was 112,770 in 1981, 147,361 in 1993 and c. 162,500 in 2005.

History

The Chira valley has always been an important farming area. Before the

Incas had settled here. This region was chosen by the Spaniards to found their first city in this part of the Americas, San Miguel de Tangarara, on July 15, 1532. The Spaniards changed the native farming system and created Repartimientos and Encomiendas

.

Sullana was founded late in the 18th century, on July 8, 1783, by Bishop Baltazar Jaime Martínez de Compañon y Bufanda and given the name of "El Principe" (The Prince).

Transportation

Sullana has good bus connections to the north, to Piura in the south, as well as inland to Ayabaca and to La Tina on the Ecuadorian border. The Canal Vía runs across the city.

The Tren de la Costa is planned.

Tourism

In the first week of January the Feria Internacional de los Reyes is celebrated. The Poechos Reservoir, 27 km from the city, offers water sports like water skiing, motor-boating, fishing and swimming.

The Mirador de Sullana is one of the many tourist sites that has a view of the city

References

^ Perú: Población estimada al 30 de junio y tasa de crecimiento de las ciudades capitales, por departamento, 2011 y 2015. Perú: Estimaciones y proyecciones de población total por sexo de las principales ciudades, 2012-2015 (Report). Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. March 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
^ Regional Tourism Office of Piura, ciudad de Sullana Archived 2010-11-20 at the Wayback Machine.(in Spanish) Consulted on July 8, 2009.
^ sullanaonline.com, ed. (June 27, 2010). "General data". Archived from the original on September 24, 2015.

External links

4°54′S 80°41′W / 4.900°S 80.683°W / -4.900; -80.683

[1] Perú: Población estimada al 30 de junio y tasa de crecimiento de las ciudades capitales, por departamento, 2011 y 2015. Perú: Estimaciones y proyecciones de población total por sexo de las principales ciudades, 2012-2015 (Report). Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. March 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2015.

[DIRCETURPIURA-2] Regional Tourism Office of Piura, ciudad de Sullana Archived 2010-11-20 at the Wayback Machine.(in Spanish) Consulted on July 8, 2009.

[datosgenerales-3] sullanaonline.com, ed. (June 27, 2010). "General data". Archived from the original on September 24, 2015.

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