Huaca Cao Viejo
Huaca Cao Viejo is an archaeological site in Province of Ascope, La Libertad. Huaca Cao Viejo is situated nearby to the archaeological site El Brujo, as well as near Huaca Cortada.Photo: Véronique Debord-Lazaro, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include El Brujo and Huaca Cortada.
El Brujo
Archaeological site
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The El Brujo Archaeological Complex is an ancient archaeological site, located in the Chicama Valley just north of Trujillo, La Libertad Province, Peru, that was occupied from preceramic times. El Brujo is situated 310 metres southwest of Huaca Cao Viejo.
Huaca Cortada
Archaeological site
Photo: Santiagostucchi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Huaca Cortada is an archaeological site, which is situated 690 metres northwest of Huaca Cao Viejo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Magdalena de Cao and Santiago de Cao.
Magdalena de Cao
Village
Photo: Velvet, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Magdalena de Cao is a town in Northern Peru, capital of the district Magdalena de Cao of Ascope Province in the region La Libertad. This town is located some 56 km northwest of Trujillo city in the agricultural Chicama Valley. Magdalena de Cao is situated 4½ km north of Huaca Cao Viejo.
Santiago de Cao
Village
Santiago de Cao is a town in Northern Peru, capital of the district Santiago de Cao of Ascope Province in the region La Libertad. This town is located some 33 km northwest of Trujillo city in the agricultural Chicama Valley. Santiago de Cao is situated 9 km southeast of Huaca Cao Viejo.
Huaca Cao Viejo
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: cultural heritage site in Peru
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Province of Ascope, La Libertad, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-7.91512° or 7° 54′ 54″ southLongitude
-79.30337° or 79° 18′ 12″ westOpen location code
67423MMW+XMOpenStreetMap ID
way 156256710OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q5748136
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Huaca Cao Viejo” goes by many names.
- French: “Huaca Cao Viejo”
- Galician: “Cao Viejo”
- Slovenian: “Huaca Cao Viejo”
- Spanish: “Cao Viejo”
- Spanish: “Huaca Cao Viejo”
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