Chan Chan
Chan Chan, sometimes called Chimor itself, was the capital city of the Chimor kingdom. It was the largest city of the pre-Columbian era in South America.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Museo de sitio Chan Chan and Trujillo Peru Temple.
Museo de sitio Chan Chan
Museum
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Museo de sitio Chan Chan is a museum.
Trujillo Peru Temple
Church
The Trujillo Peru Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Trujillo, La Libertad, Peru. The intent to build the temple was announced by the church's First Presidency on December 13, 2008.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buenos Aires and La Esperanza.
Buenos Aires
Suburb
Buenos Aires is a coastal town and resort located in Víctor Larco Herrera district, in Trujillo, Peru. This locality is subdivided into three zones: Buenos Aires South, extending to the border with the Moche district, Buenos Aires Central limiting with Vista Alegre by east and the sector called Buenos Aires North extending up to the limit with Huanchaco. Buenos Aires is situated 4 km southeast of Chan Chan.
La Esperanza
Suburb
La Esperanza is a city in Northern Peru, capital of the district La Esperanza in Trujillo Province of the region La Libertad. This city is located some 4 km north of the Historic Centre of Trujillo city. La Esperanza is situated 5 km northeast of Chan Chan.
Trujillo
Trujillo is a city of 790,000 people in Northwestern Peru, very close to the Pacific Coast. Trujillo was founded in 1534 among 4 Chimu settlements to enable the Spanish to ally with them against the Incas.
Chan Chan
- Type: Abandoned locality
- Description: Archaeological site in Peru
- Category: archaeological site
- Location: Huanchaco District, Province of Trujillo, La Libertad, Peru, South America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Chan Chan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تشان تشان”
- Armenian: “Չան Չան”
- Azerbaijani: “Çan-Çan”
- Belarusian: “Чан-Чан”
- Bulgarian: “Чан Чан”
- Burmese: “ချန်ချန်”
- Catalan: “Chan Chan”
- Chinese: “昌昌”
- Croatian: “Chan Chan”
- Czech: “Chan Chan”
- Dagbani: “Chan Chan”
- Danish: “Chan Chan”
- Dutch: “Archeologische zone van Chan Chan”
- Dutch: “Chan Chan”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تشان تشان”
- Fanti: “Chan Chan”
- Farefare: “Chan Chan”
- Finnish: “Chan Chan”
- French: “Chan Chan”
- Galician: “Chan Chan”
- Georgian: “ჩან-ჩანი”
- German: “Chan Chan”
- Hebrew: “צ’אן צ’אן”
- Hebrew: “צאן צאן”
- Hindi: “चान चान”
- Hungarian: “Chan Chan”
- Indonesian: “Chan Chan”
- Indonesian: “Taman Nasional Chan-Chan”
- Italian: “Chan Chan”
- Japanese: “チャン・チャン”
- Korean: “찬찬”
- Lithuanian: “Čan Čanas”
- Low German: “Chan Chan”
- Macedonian: “Чан Чан”
- Maltese: “Chan Chan”
- Mossi: “Chan Chan”
- Nepali: “चान चान”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Chan Chan”
- Norwegian: “Chan Chan”
- Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Chan Chan”
- Persian: “چان چان”
- Polish: “Chan Chan”
- Portuguese: “Chan Chan”
- Quechua: “Chan Chan”
- Romanian: “Chan Chan”
- Russian: “Чан-Чан”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Chan Chan”
- Slovak: “Chan Chan”
- Spanish: “Chan Chan”
- Swahili: “Chan Chan”
- Swedish: “Chan Chan”
- Turkish: “Chan Chan”
- Twi: “Chan Chan na ɔkyerɛwee”
- Twi: “Chan Chan”
- Ukrainian: “Чан-Чан”
- Vietnamese: “Chan Chan”
- “Chan Chan”
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Notable Places Nearby
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