Paramonga
Paramonga was an important city constructed at the border of the former Kingdom of Chimor in Peru during the late Intermediate Period, whose capital was the metropolis of Chan Chan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: cultural heritage site in Peru
- Also known as: “Hacienda Paramonga”, “Paramonga Fortess”, “Paramonga Hacienda”, and “Parmonga”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paramonga and Pativilca.
Paramonga
Town
Photo: sophs74, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Paramonga is a town in central Peru, capital of the district of Paramonga in the province of Barranca in the Department of Lima. Paramonga is situated 3½ km southeast of Paramonga.
Pativilca
Town
Photo: Epinedo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pativilca is a town in central Peru, capital of the district Pativilca in the province Barranca in the region Lima. Pativilca is situated 8 km southeast of Paramonga.
Paramonga
- Categories: archaeological site, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Paramonga District, Barranca, Lima region, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-10.65328° or 10° 39′ 12″ southLongitude
-77.84162° or 77° 50′ 30″ westPopulation
27,600Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)United Nations Location Code
PE PAMOpen location code
57X485W5+M9OpenStreetMap ID
way 156797991OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
3933024Wikidata ID
Q2039561
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Spanish—“Paramonga” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Парамонга”
- Cebuano: “Paramonga (kapital sa distrito)”
- Dutch: “Paramonga”
- French: “Paramonga”
- Georgian: “პარამონგა”
- Japanese: “パラモンガ”
- Portuguese: “Paramonga”
- Russian: “Парамонга”
- Spanish: “Fortaleza de Paramonga”
- Spanish: “Paramonga”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Paramonga”. Photo: sophs74, CC BY-SA 2.0.