Sanibel

Sanibel is a neighborhood in Moche, Trujillo province, La Libertad. Sanibel is situated nearby to the town Miramar, as well as near the neighborhood Villa San Miguel.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Huaca de la Luna and Huaca del Sol.

Huaca de la Luna

Ruins

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Huaca de la Luna is a large adobe brick structure built mainly by the Moche people of northern Peru. It sits roughly 5 kilometers from the Pacific Ocean, 4 km from the modern city of Trujillo, and near the mouth of the Moche River. Huaca de la Luna is situated 3½ km north of Sanibel.

Huaca del Sol

Ruins

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Huaca del Sol is an adobe brick pyramid built by the Moche civilization on the northern coast of what is now Peru. The pyramid is one of several ruins found near the volcanic peak of Cerro Blanco, in the coastal desert near Trujillo at the Moche Valley. Huaca del Sol is situated 3½ km north of Sanibel.

Huacas de Moche Museum

Museum

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moche and Trujillo.

Moche

Town

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Moche is a Peruvian city, the capital of Moche District in Trujillo Province of La Libertad Region in northern Peru. It is located in the Moche Valley and was the center of development of the ancient Moche or Mochica culture.

Trujillo

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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.

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 7 km west of Sanibel.

Sanibel

Type: Neighborhood
Category: locality
Location: Moche, Trujillo province, La Libertad, Peru, South America
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Latitude

-8.16335° or 8° 9′ 48″ south

Longitude

-78.99194° or 78° 59′ 31″ west

Open location code

6733R2P5+M6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1302397650

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

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