Sechura Desert

The Sechura Desert is a coastal desert located south of the Piura Region of along the Pacific coast and inland to the foothills of the Andes Mountains.
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Latitude
-5.83333° or 5° 50′ south
Longitude
-80.66667° or 80° 40′ west
Open location code
666X588M+M8
Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Sechura Desert” goes by many names.
صحراء سيشوراArabic
ՍեչուրաArmenian
SeçuraAzerbaijani
СечураBelarusian
Desierto de SechuraCebuano
塞丘拉沙漠Chinese
NazcaCzech
poušť NazcaCzech
poušť SechuraCzech
SechuraCzech
SechurawoestijnDutch
صحرا سيشوراEgyptian Arabic
Seĉura-DezertoEsperanto
Sechuran aavikkoFinnish
ნასკას უდაბნოGeorgian
სეჩურის უდაბნოGeorgian
מדבר סכורהHebrew
מדבר סצ’ורהHebrew
Gurun SechuraIndonesian
Deserto di SechuraItalian
セチュラ砂漠Japanese
Sečūros dykumaLithuanian
СечураMacedonian
Gurun SechuraMalay
SechuraørkenenNorwegian Nynorsk
بیابان سچوراPersian
Pustynia SechuraPolish
SechuraPolish
Sechura (pustynia)Polish
Sichura ch’in pachaQuechua
Deșertul SechuraRomanian
СечураRussian
SechuraScottish Gaelic
СечураSerbian
puščava SechuraSlovenian
СечураUkrainian

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