Sechura
Sechura is a town in northwestern Peru, 50 km south of Piura. It is the capital of Sechura Province in the Piura Region. The city gives its name to the Sechura Desert, which extends south along most of coastal Peru.Places of Interest
Highlights include Iglesia San Martín de Tours.
Iglesia San Martín de Tours
Church
Sechura
- Type: Town with 23,300 residents
- Description: city in Sechura, Piura, Peru
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Sechura District, Sechura province, Piura, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-5.55754° or 5° 33′ 27″ south
Longitude
-80.82233° or 80° 49′ 20″ west
Population
23,300
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
666XC5RH+X3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Sechura” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سيتشورا”
- Asturian: “Sechura”
- Cebuano: “Sechura (kapital sa distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Sechura”
- Chinese: “塞丘拉”
- Czech: “Sechura”
- Dutch: “Sechura”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سيتشورا”
- Esperanto: “Sechura”
- Esperanto: “Seĉuro”
- French: “Sechura”
- German: “Sechura”
- Italian: “Sechura”
- Japanese: “セチュラ”
- Persian: “سچورا”
- Portuguese: “Sechura”
- Quechua: “Sichura”
- Slovak: “Sechura”
- Spanish: “Sechura”
- Urdu: “سیچورا”
- Waray (Philippines): “Sechura”
- “Sechura”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Plaza de Armas de Sechura and Municipalidad de Sechura.
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