Sechin Bajo
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sechin and Museo Regional de Casma ‘Max Uhle’.
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.
Museo Regional de Casma ‘Max Uhle’
Museum
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Museo Regional de Casma ‘Max Uhle’ is a museum, which is situated 2 km southeast of Sechin Bajo.
Sechin Alto
Archaeological site
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Sechin Alto is a massive architectural complex in Peru belonging to the Early Formative period. It is located in the Casma Province, the Ancash Region, on the left bank of the Sechín River, east of the town of the same name. Sechin Alto is situated 2½ km east of Sechin Bajo.
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.
Sechin Bajo
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Ancient stone plaza in Casma, Peru
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Casma District, Casma Province, Ancash, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-9.4646° or 9° 27′ 53″ southLongitude
-78.2648° or 78° 15′ 53″ westOpen location code
6723GPPP+53OpenStreetMap ID
way 164199750OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q6123107
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Spanish—“Sechin Bajo” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Sechín Baxu”
- Chinese: “謝欽巴霍”
- Korean: “세친 바호”
- Spanish: “Sechin Bajo”
- Spanish: “Sechín Bajo”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sechin Bajo”. Photo: Sylvain2803, CC BY-SA 3.0.