Cerro Cochino
Cerro Cochino is a hill in Casma District, Casma Province, Ancash and has an elevation of 154 metres. Cerro Cochino is situated nearby to the locality San Florentino, as well as near the village Carrizal.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 Cerro Cochino.
Museo Regional de Casma ‘Max Uhle’
Museum
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Museo Regional de Casma ‘Max Uhle’ is a museum, which is situated 3 km east of Cerro Cochino.
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.
Cerro Cochino
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 154 metres
- Description: hill in Áncash, Peru
- Category: landform
- Location: Casma District, Casma Province, Ancash, Peru, South America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Cerro Cochino” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cerro Cochino”
- Dutch: “Cerro Cochino”
- Spanish: “Cerro Cochino”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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