GENERAL DATA

TYPICAL DISHES

SISTEMA HIDROELCTRICO CHAVIMOCHIC

Location: The Department of Liberty, is located
(CHAVIMOCHIC HYDROELECTRIC SYSTEM)
in the northern part of the country. Its relief is
very
Sierra
and Jungle.
One varied,
of with
the Coast,
social
bastions
of the

Seco
cabrito
a laDE
nortea
LA FIESTA
DEde
LA
VIRGEN
LA PUERTA
DE OTUZCO (THE PARTY OF THE VIRGIN OF
THE GATE OF OTUZCO)

CHAVIMOCHIC Irrigation is the generation of

Capital: Its capital is the city of Trujillo
hydroelectric power.
Provinces: (10). Ascope, Bolivar, Chepen,
Julcan, Otuzco, Pacasmayo, Pataz, Snchez
Carrin, Santiago de Chuco and Trujillo.

FESTIVITIES
Climate: Semi-warm desert on the coast;
Temperate
semi-arid
covers the western
EL FESTIVAL
DEthat
LA PRIMAVERA
DE
and eastern
Andean
slopes,
and
cold
with
TRUJILLO (THE TRUJILLO SPRING dry
winter from 3,000 meters
altitude.
FESTIVAL)
Limits:
To ofthe
north
The Festival
Spring
takeswith
place Lambayeque,
in September
Cajamarca
Amazonas;
By the east
with San
and has and
among
its greatest
attractions,
Martin;
By
the
south
with
Ancash
and
Hunuco
international beauty contests, Corsican, song
and
by the
west with
Pacific
Ocean.cockfights
festival,
parades
of the
passing
horses,
and handicrafts.

Surface: 25,499 square kilometers (km2)

The holiday of the Virgen de la Puerta takes

place in Otuzco on December 15. Located in the
Sudado de
la nortea
zone interandina,
topescado
95 km ofaTrujillo.

Balneario de Huanchaco (watering place of

Huanchaco): 13 km northwest of Trujillo. In its
waters still sail "horses of totora", is one of the
preferred beaches in the coast of Peru by the
lovers of the Hawaiian table.

Ceviche de conchas negras

BAILE DE LA MARINERA (MARINERA

DANCE)
"La Marinera nortea" is danced in pairs with
usually white dress. The man wears straw hat
and handkerchief. The barefoot woman looks
TOURIST
embroidered
dress. ATTRACTIONS
Chan Chan: Located four kilometers north of
Trujillo, it is considered the largest clay city of
antiquity. It has streets, houses, water tanks,
pyramids and all the works of a large urban
center.

Monasterio del Carmen: (Monastery of

Carmen) It is one of the beautiful architectural
ensembles that has about 150 canvases.

UNIVERSIDAD PRIVADA ANTENOR

ORREGO
CARLOS MANUEL SOSA MERINO

DEPARTMENT OF
LA LIBERTAD