San Florentino
San Florentino is a locality in Casma District, Casma Province, Ancash. San Florentino is situated nearby to the locality Cuncán, as well as near Veta Negra.Places of Interest
Highlights include Sechin and Sechin Bajo.
Sechin
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Cerro Sechín is an archaeological site in the Casma Province of the Ancash Region in northern Peru. Dating to 1600 BC, the site was discovered by Peruvian archaeologists Julio C.
Sechin Bajo
Archaeological site
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Sechin Bajo is a large archaeological site with ruins dating from 3500 BCE to 1300 BCE, making it not only one of the oldest centers of civilization in the Western Hemisphere, but also one of the oldest civilization centers on earth. Sechin Bajo is situated 3 km northeast of San Florentino.
Museo Regional de Casma ‘Max Uhle’
Museum
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Museo Regional de Casma ‘Max Uhle’ is a museum, which is situated 3½ km east of San Florentino.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Casma.
Casma
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Casma is a city in the coastal desert of Peru, located 330 kilometers northwest of Lima. It is the capital of the province of Casma and the third most populous city in the Ancash Region with an estimated population of 29,343.
San Florentino
- Type: Locality
- Location: Casma District, Casma Province, Ancash, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-9.47679° or 9° 28′ 36″ southLongitude
-78.29079° or 78° 17′ 27″ westElevation
54 metres (177 feet)Open location code
6723GPF5+7MGeoNames ID
6559804
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