La Libertad
Province of Ascope
Paiján District

Paiján

Paiján is a town in Northern , capital of the district of of Ascope Province in the region La Libertad. This town is located beside the Pan-American Highway some 54 km north of city in the agricultural Chicama Valley.
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  • Type: Town with 18,900 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Peru
  • Also known as: “Paijan”

Paiján

Latitude
-7.73426° or 7° 44′ 3″ south
Longitude
-79.30328° or 79° 18′ 12″ west
Population
18,900
Elevation
93 metres (305 feet)
Open location code
67427M8W+7M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2609783531
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3694119
Wiki­data ID
Q7124745
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Paiján” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بايخان”
  • Asturian: “Paiján”
  • Catalan: “Paiján”
  • Cebuano: “Paiján”
  • Dutch: “Paiján”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بايخان”
  • Irish: “Paiján”
  • Spanish: “Paijan”
  • Spanish: “Paiján”

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