La Libertad
Province of Trujillo
Huanchaco District

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 .
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  • Type: Sand
  • Description: Archaeological site in Peru

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museo de sitio Chan Chan and Trujillo Peru Temple.

Museum
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is a museum, which is situated 1¼ km northeast of Chan Chan.

Church
The is a temple of in , , . The intent to build the temple was announced by the church's First Presidency on December 13, 2008. is situated 2 km east of Chan Chan.

Museum
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The Huaca La Esmeralda is an archaeological building belonging to the Chimu culture, is located in the city of . It is estimated that the adobe construction was done during the first stage of development of the Chimu culture, in close link with the capital . is situated 3½ km east of Chan Chan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include La Esperanza and Buenos Aires.

Suburb
is a city in Northern , capital of the district in Trujillo Province of the region La Libertad. This city is located some 4 km north of the Historic Centre of Trujillo city. is situated 4½ km northeast of Chan Chan.

Suburb
is a coastal town and resort located in Víctor Larco Herrera district, in , . This locality is subdivided into three zones: South, extending to the border with the Moche district, Central limiting with by east and the sector called North extending up to the limit with . is situated 4½ km southeast of Chan Chan.

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is a city of 790,000 people in Northwestern , very close to the Pacific Coast. was founded in 1534 among 4 Chimu settlements to enable the Spanish to ally with them against the Incas.

Chan Chan

Latitude
-8.106° or 8° 6′ 22″ south
Longitude
-79.07501° or 79° 4′ 30″ west
Open location code
6732VWVF+JX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 26324339
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­sand
Wiki­data ID
Q277540
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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”
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  • Finnish: “Chan Chan”
  • French: “Chan Chan”
  • Galician: “Chan Chan”
  • Georgian: “ჩან-ჩანი”
  • German: “Chan Chan”
  • Hebrew: “צ’אן צ’אן”
  • 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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