Chulucanas
Chulucanas
Chulucana | |
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Town | |
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  Chulucanas Location in Peru | |
| Coordinates: 05°05′46″S 80°09′53″W / 5.09611°S 80.16472°WCoordinates: 05°05′46″S 80°09′53″W / 5.09611°S 80.16472°W | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Piura Region |
| Province | Morropón |
| District | Chulucanas |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Nelson Mio Reyes |
| Elevation | 92 m (302 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 82,521 |
| • Estimate (2015)[1] | 57,380 |
Chulucanas is a town in Morropón Province, Piura Region, Peru.[2] It lies in the Piura Valley just north of the confluence of the Charanal River[3] with the Piura River.[4] Chulucanas is the administrative seat for both Chulucanas District and Morropón Province.
The town is famous for its pottery. Originally dating from pre-Inca times it is today exported all over the world.[5] It is one of seven products that the Peruvian government supports through its Center for Technological Innovation (CITE).[6] Designs are varied, but are predominated by black and white. There are several bigger companies but a lot of small manufactures are in Chulucanas itself and in the nearby village of Quatro Esquinas.
A major festival for the town is the Fiesta de Cristo Resucitado at Easter.[7]
Operating in Chulucanas is Victor's Vision, a nonprofit organization which provides supplemental academic and personal support, guidance, and resources to bright, impoverished youth.[8]
Notes and 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.
- ^ Chulucanas (Approved - N) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ Río Charanal (Approved - N) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ Piura, Peru, SB 17-07, (Map) (second ed.). 1:250,000. Joint Operations Graphic, Series 1501 Air. United States Armay Topographic Command. 1994.
- ^ Carmen, Jim (26 November 2007). "Alejandro Suyon and the Making of Chulucanas Pottery". eBay Guides. Archived from the original on 26 May 2014.
- ^ Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo (MINCETUR) (June 2007). "Plan de desarrollo del mercado de Estados Unidos de América" (PDF). pp. 348–349. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ^ "Chulucanas vive la fiesta de Cristo Resucitado". Chulucanas Noticias. 5 April 2015. Archived from the original on 8 April 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ^ "Victor's Vision: Our Story". Victor's Vision. Archived from the original on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
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