San Jose de Moro
San Jose de Moro is a Moche archaeological site in the Pacanga District, Chepén Province, La Libertad Region, of Northwestern Peru. The site served as a ceremonial funerary complex between the years 400 and 1000 AD.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pacanga and Chepén.
Pacanga
Village
Pacanga is a town in Northern Peru, capital of the district Pacanga in Chepén Province of the region La Libertad. This town is located some 143 km north Trujillo city and is primarily an agricultural center in the Jequetepeque Valley. Pacanga is situated 5 km west of San Jose de Moro.
Chepén
Town
Photo: Martintops, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chepén is a city of La Libertad Region and capital of the Chepén Province, in Peru. The city is a rice production center with the valleys of Chepén and Jequetepeque, and has an active trading with neighboring Guadalupe, Pacasmayo and San Pedro de Lloc and other towns. Chepén is situated 6 km south of San Jose de Moro.
San Jose de Moro
- Type: Village
- Description: archaeological site in Pacanga, Peru
- Categories: archaeological site and locality
- Location: Pacanga District, Chepén Province, La Libertad, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-7.17956° or 7° 10′ 46″ southLongitude
-79.43852° or 79° 26′ 19″ westOpen location code
6742RHC6+5HOpenStreetMap ID
node 2431408107OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q16491296
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In Other Languages
From Hebrew to Spanish—“San Jose de Moro” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “סן חוסה דה מורו”
- Spanish: “Complejo arqueologico San Jose de Moro”
- Spanish: “Complejo arqueológico San José de Moro”
- Spanish: “Huaca San Jose de Moro”
- Spanish: “Huaca San José de Moro”
- Spanish: “Huaca San Jose”
- Spanish: “Huaca San José”
- Spanish: “san Jose de Moro”
- Spanish: “San José de Moro”
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