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	Piura, Peru : A Tourism, Travel, and information Guide to the City and Region : Basecamp International
		It is the capital of the Piura Region and the Piura Province.
		The mayor of Piura is Eduardo Cáceres Chocano.
		Piura is home to one of two campuses of the University of Piura.
	www.piura.com (1233 words)

	Piura - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Piura, city, northwestern Peru, capital of Piura Department, on the Piura River and the Pan-American Highway.
		Talara, city in northwestern Peru, in Piura Department, a port on the Pacific Ocean and an oasis in the dry coastal region.
		The nearby community of San Miguel de Piura, the oldest Spanish settlement in Peru, was founded in 1532 by the conquistador Francisco Pizarro.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Piura.html (79 words)

	Trafico on Line Peru Travel Agency Tour Operator Piura, Talara
		The department of Piura is located in the northern region of the country.
		On January 4, 1821, the independence of Piura was proclaimed in the atrium of the San Francisco church.
		Piura is known for its ample variety of dishes, based on fish, kid, and poultry, which besides being well seasoned are well served.
	www.traficoperu.com /english/ciud20.htm (944 words)

	FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association
		Located 981km to the north of Lima, Piura is a city steeped in culture and tradition.
		Piura, as we know it, was established in 1588, though the history of settlements in the region dates back much further.
		Piura's footballing arena is the Estadio Miguel Grau, or as it is known locally, the Coloso Miraflorino.
	www.fifa.com /en/comp/U17/tournament/0,6465,U17-2005-4,00.html (403 words)

	Peru - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Regions where afro Peruvians are mostly common are the Callao Province, Lima Region, Ica Region, Lambayeque Region and Piura Region.
		Ica and Nazca regions are most famous for their afro communities, yet in the Morropon Province of Piura, the town of Yapatera is the region where we find the highest percentage of pure afro Peruvians.
		The southern Andean region is famous for the Huayno and Cusco for its Muliza.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/p/e/r/Peru.html (2085 words)

	info: Piura_Region (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Piura is a coastal region in northwestern Peru.
		The Piura Region is bordered to the north by the Tumbes Region, to southern Ecuador, to the Lambayeque Region to the south, to the Cajamarca Region to the east and to the Pacific Ocean to the west.
		Piura is covered by deserts, tropical valleys, dry equatorial forests, high amazon climates as you reach between 1000-1500 meters over sea level, and a humid subtropical sierra climate if you reach over the 2,000 meters over sea level.
	www.napoli-pizza.net /Piura_Region.html (2125 words)

	Piura - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Piura, city, northwestern Peru, capital of Piura Department, on the Piura River and the Pan-American Highway.
		Talara, city in northwestern Peru, in Piura Department, a port on the Pacific Ocean and an oasis in the dry coastal region.
		The nearby community of San Miguel de Piura, the oldest Spanish settlement in Peru, was founded in 1532 by the conquistador Francisco Pizarro.
	encarta.msn.com /Piura.html (95 words)

	Piura Region - Definition, explanation
		It is bordered by the Tumbes Region and Ecuador on the north, the Lambayeque Region on the south, the Cajamarca Region on the east and the Pacific Ocean on the west.
		The territory of the Piura Region has a smooth topography in the coast and a rough one in the Sierra.
		The climate is desertic and semi-desertic in the coast and western Andean watersheds, subtropical in the easthern watersheds.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/p/pi/piura_region.php (627 words)

	Piura Travel - Hotel in Piura, Tours in Piura
		: Piura is the capital city of the region of Piura in Peru.
		Piura declared its indepedence on January 4, 1821.
		Like most of northern Peru, the territory of Piura had been inhabited by their autochthonous group of natives called tallanes (caribean origin) and yungas.
	www.alltravelperu.com /espanol/piura.htm (149 words)

	Tourism in Piura - Peru Contact
		The city of Piura, tidy and dynamic, is famous for the happy and wellcoming spirit of its inhabitants.
		In the archeological zone of Vicus, 55 kilometers from Piura, developed one of the oldest cultures of the Peruvian coast (fine works of jewelry and pottery with stylish lines were found there).
		Desert of Sechura, at 55 kilometers from Piura.
	www.perucontact.com /en/conozca/piura.php (672 words)

	Proyecto "Cuencas Andinas"
		La Región Piura tiene 35,892.49 Km2 de superficie, de la cual 12,216 Km2 pertenecen a la cuenca del río Piura, que comprende a cinco provincias.
		En el año 1998, en Piura se perdieron unas 90,000 hectáreas, en términos de producción apícola, esta área equivaldría a 15,903 colmenas, lo cual equivale a una producción de 396 TM de miel.
		La distribución de cultivos en la cuenca del río Piura, esta en relación con los pisos altitudinales, la disponibilidad de agua y las condiciones climáticas; de acuerdo a su periodo vegetativo están considerados como transitorios, permanentes y semi permanentes.
	www.condesan.org /CuencasAndinas/piura.htm (5177 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Tumbes-Piura dry forests (NT0232)
		The dry forest of Tumbes and Piura is an ecoregion that is home to the largest dry forest remnant in western South America and also has a high level of species endemism (Rodríguez 1996).
		This Tumbes/Piura dry forest ecoregion is located in the equatorial region of South American between the Pacific Ocean and the western slope of the Andes Mountains.
		This dry forest ecoregion spans the borders of Peru and Ecuador, and forms the transition from the xeric Sechura desert to the south and the moist and dry forests of the Andean slopes and foothills to the north.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/nt/nt0232_full.html (1198 words)

	Peruvian Information Piura Catacaos Paita Chulucanas Mancora Tourism in Peru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The department of Piura is located in the northern region of the country.
		Piura has an extension of 36,403 km² (14,050 sq ml), and a population of almost 1'500,000 people.
		On January 4, 1821, the independence of Piura was proclaimed in the atrium of the San Francisco church.
	artourperu.com /ENGPiura.htm (1007 words)

	1_1_Gibson
		Among the substantial obstacles to integration and development of the boundary region is a massive out-migration from the poor, rural Andean ; areas to the major urban centers on the periphery and to foreign destinations, such as Spain and the United States.
		Piura is the fifth largest city of Peru and the largest in the Peru/Ecuador boundary region.
		It is primarily the commercial and governmental center for the province, but is ; famous throughout the region as home of “Señor Cautivo,” an image of Christ in the local cathedral that is the object of a major pilgrimage during each October.
	www.geotropico.org /1_2_Minkel_et_al.html (2517 words)

	INCA TOURS - Piura - Mancora - Cabo Blanco - Las Huaringas - Catacaos - Chulucanas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Location: The department of Piura is located on the coast, in the northern region of the country.
		The most important culture that developed in the Piura region was Vicus, which stood out for its ceramics and delicate work in gold.
		Erected in 1 982 by sculptor Víctor Delfín, a native of Piura.
	www.inca-tours.com /Peru_Info/Peru_Places_to_Stay/Piura.htm (1336 words)

	Background
		Another technique used in Simbila (Piura), and in Mollepampa (Cajamarca) is that of paleteo, whereby potters shape the clay with their hands and then beat it with a paddle, or paleta.
		This is largely because of the fine tones achieved by potters and the burnishing of their jars in the use of the fl color as well as the sculpting of typical characters (chicha vendors, musicians and dancers) and animals that come to life in the hand-worked clay.
		Baskets and hats are produced mainly in the regions of San Martin, Piura and Cajamarca, while totora reed is largely used in La Libertad and Lambayeque to make the reed rafts called caballitos de totora, vessels used for thousands of years by fishermen in the seaside community of Huanchaco, near Trujillo.
	www.peruartsandcrafts.com /background.htm (3939 words)

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		On the southern coast of the Ica Region, there are many cotton fields and vineyards, and the area is commonly known for its fl populations such as that in El Carmen of the populous Chincha Province.
		Afro-Peruvians also reside in the northern regions of Peru such as La Libertad and Ancash, but the larger populations are concentrated in the northern valley plantations of the regions of Piura and Lambayeque.
		The greatest Afro-Peruvian populations of the North coast are found mainly in the outskirts of the Morropon Province and concentrate themselves in Piura and Tumbes.
	www.gamecheatz.net /games.php?title=Afro-Peruvian (1320 words)

	Peru Tourism
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		Ancash Region - Chavin de Huantar, Chimbote, Huaraz, Cordilleras Blanca and Huayhuash
		Ica Region - Paracas, Pisco, Huacachina, Nazca Lines
	www.virtualperu.net /tour01.html (58 words)

	Ambien-Tema - Diciembre-Enero 2003 - Comunidades Agrícolas en Perú Aprovechan el Fenómeno de El ...
		Piura y el departamento vecino de Tumbes mantienen la mayor expansión de bosque seco aún existente en Suramérica occidental y su vegetación ayuda controlar el avance hacia el norte del desierto de Sechura.
		Proyectos como este buscan desarrollar en la región de Piura mejores estrategias de aprovechamiento agrícola que tomen en cuenta las condiciones climáticas.
		Es por eso que el manejo de las cuencas de los ríos y la conservación de la cobertura vegetal en las zonas de las nacientes forman parte también del trabajo con tecnologías que favorecen a las comunidades y las vinculan al mercado, no importa si las condiciones son de lluvia o aridez.
	www.rainforest-alliance.org /programs/neocomm/newsletter/2003/jan03-2s.html (835 words)

	El Nino soaks northern Peru / g c i 275
		In Simbila, a small farming community eight kilometers outside Piura, the local co-operative planted sorghum, rice and corn in December, expecting a bumper cros with early rains.
		Piura, the oldest Spanish settlement in South America, should be celebrating its 450th anniversary.
		Because of inadequate drainage, Piura's airport tarmac is practically floating on the high water table.
	www.gci275.com /news/globe02.shtml (891 words)

	Document/Essai - Stéphanie Rousseau and François Meloche - Gold and Land: Democratic Development at Stake. Report of ...
		The support of numerous social and non-governmental organizations in Piura, Lima and internationally enabled the public opposition in Tambogrande to be heard and led to the organization of the June 2, 2002 municipal consultation.
		The Tambogrande district, with a population of approximately 70,000, is situated in the department of Piura in northern Peru.
		Regional governments will be elected by universal suffrage for the first time in November 2002, and many voices are calling for the constitutional reform process, also underway, to free the resources necessary for their increased responsibilities.
	www.ichrdd.ca /english/commdoc/publications/demDev/tambograndeReportEng.html (9472 words)

	Peruline, online travel guide: information service for tourism and traveling in Peru - Destinations on the coast
		Tumbes/Piura at a glance - Piura town - Tumbes town - Máncora - Destinations in the proximity
		Nearby Piura you can buy priceworthy and nice textiles and regional ceramics are offered in all parts of the region.
		Near Piura in Catacaos the Semana Santa is a very impressing spectacle.
	www.peruline.com /peru/travel_region_tumbes.htm (538 words)

	factortierra/Defractionmedia - The Gift of Water - The Problems of Mineral Mining in Peru: Mapping a Sustainable Way ...
		The ecological and economic future of Piura lies in the balance and as Luis Ginocchio writes, what is needed, is to: “...evaluar si este cambio de rol del agro a la minería es aceptado por los piuranos, y en que grado fortalece las posibilidades de nuestro futuro.”
		The presence of a mine and its contaminating effects would severely damage the competitiveness of farming in Piura, (as has happened to the cheese from Cajamarca due to the presence of Yanacocha) especially when considering the high standards that are required to export fruit to the West.
		The main economic activity of the region is small scale agriculture based in the Andean valleys and the raising of animals such as llamas, vicuna, sheep and cattle.
	www.geocities.com /factortierra2/giftofwater/watts/part2.htm (8409 words)

	El Comercio / Portada/ Noticias del Peru / elecciones 2006 /
		Visita presidencial a Piura genera expectativas y críticas
		La expectativa sobre la próxima visita del presidente Alan García a Piura para inaugurar sesiones descentralizadas del Consejo de Ministros en provincias crece día a día.
		"Piura es una región que está creciendo y hay gran expectativa en la población por los cambios que se experimentan como consecuencia de las inversiones que están llegando", dice el presidente regional, César Trelles Lara.
	www.elcomercioperu.com.pe /EdicionOnline/Html/2007-03-25/onEcPortada0696055.html (639 words)

	Columbia Encyclopedia- Piura - AOL Research & Learn
		It is the commercial center for the region's cotton, sugarcane, and rice crops.
		San Miguel de Piura, the first settlement in Peru, was founded on the coast by Francisco Pizarro in 1532, but the site was unhealthful, and the settlement was moved to the present Piura.
		Piura was severely damaged by an earthquake in 1912.
	reference.aol.com /columbia/_a/piura/20051207012509990010 (128 words)

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		With a cow and a horse, the only animals he could save, Yovera and his wife are beginning life again in a new place where he has a small plot of land to work, a house, and access to health services a helping hand from the government to get him back up on his feet.
		In the Region of the Americas, Peru, Ecuador, and northern Chile are El Niño's principal targets.
		The seminar's success led the sponsors to host two others, one in the northern region of Grau, where floods were expected, and one in the southern region of Arequipa, where droughts were predicted.
	www.paho.org /English/DPI/Number6_article2.htm (2239 words)

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