Tambogrande
Tambogrande is a small town in the Piura Province of the Piura Region in northwestern Peru. One of many small towns chosen as a site for mining development during Peru's mining boom in 1999, Tambogrande achieved prominence for successfully opposing the Manhattan Minerals mining development in the area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Angostura.
Angostura
Village
Angostura is a small village in Sullana Province, Piura Region, on the northwestern coastal plains of Peru. It is approximately halfway between the towns of Chulucanas and Sullana in the Loma Blanca hills between the Chira River and the Piura River. Angostura is situated 4 km west of Tambogrande.
Tambogrande
- Type: Town with 24,100 residents
- Description: Peruvian city
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Tambo Grande District, Piura Province, Piura, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-4.93535° or 4° 56′ 7″ southLongitude
-80.3424° or 80° 20′ 33″ westPopulation
24,100Elevation
69 metres (226 feet)Open location code
667X3M75+V2OpenStreetMap ID
node 1588558260OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
3691530Wikidata ID
Q7681046
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Spanish—“Tambogrande” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Tambogrande”
- Cebuano: “Tambo Grande (kapital sa distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Tambo Grande”
- Dutch: “Tambogrande”
- German: “Tambogrande”
- Spanish: “Tambo Grande”
- Spanish: “Tambogrande”
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