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	::: Información General - Sechura :::
		The space of Sechura was settled more than 7000 years ago, becoming an ethnic nation around the year 400 B.C. and having his own ideology and language: “The SEC”.
		In 1728 when Sechura was destroyed by the river and a tidal wave, the inhabitants moved to the present place.
		Located 10 Km from Sechura on the northit owns a very impressive ecosystem and with a life zone constituted by the water mirror, the gramadal mangrove, small isles, muddy areas where a great diversity of species can be found.
	www.piuravirtual.com /pag_2_26ing.htm (685 words)

	Sechura Desert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sechura desert is a desert or savanna ecoregion of coastal Peru.
		The name sechura derives from a culture that developed called the SEC, around the year 400 B.C. In 1728 the old Sechura town was destroyed by a tsunami and moved to its current location.
		The desert occupies a strip along the northern Pacific coast of Peru south of the Piura Province, extending from the coast 20-100 km inland to the secondary ridges of the Andes Mountains.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sechura_Desert (359 words)

	INCALINK CHULUCANAS
		The southern limit of the Vicus terrotory was the the Sechura Desert, which was the northern limit of the Moche territory.
		They continue to argue whether Loma Negra was a Moche colony, a Moche military camp or a place of commerce used by the towns both to the north and south of the Sechura Desert.
		In 1980, samples of these ceramic vases were analyzed by potters from Chulucanas (descendants of the artisans from the nearby village of Simbila), and they rediscovered the ancient techniques used to fabricate the vases found in Loma Negra, namely the techniques of "negative painting" and "flening".
	www.incalink.com /CULTURAchulucanas.htm (901 words)

	peru_history
		In 1995 the Mayor of Sechura presented the Medal of the City to Mother General and declared her to be the privileged Daughter of Sechura at a public ceremony in the Plaza de Armas of the city.
		The Sechura Municipalidad passed a resolution, signed by the Mayor, which records the aid obtained by Mother General for the Sechura drinking water supply; the reinforcing of the main water storage tank for the city; for the setting up of the first small hospital in the city with surgical equipment; and other needed aid.
		The Museum was conceived with the intention of showing the local people and people from outside Peru, a panoramic synthesis of the most representative expressions of the entire culture of Sechura.
	www.tyburnconvent.org.uk /monasteries/peru/peru_history.html (305 words)

	Sechura desert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Sechura desert is the most extensive desert strip on the western coast of South America.
		Although this ecoregion corresponds to the country’s most populated area, fortunately there are a number of protected natural areas that have a representative sample of the different ecosystems such as the hills, coastal wetlands, desert and the carob groves.
		This coastal fog desert flanks the western slopes of the Andes in Peru and Chile.
	www.andesmoto-tours.com /sechura_desert.htm (1240 words)

	Feature Story - Promoting Local Water and Sanitation Operators Within the Small Town Pilot Project in Peru - WSP.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		During August 2004, the municipalities of Sechura, Ayabaca, Tabalosos and Nueva Cajamarca -that are part of the STPP- launched workshops in coordination with WSP-LAC to start promoting local operators.
		Workshop in Northern Peru: The workshop organized by the municipalities of Sechura and Ayabaca was held in the city of Piura on August 14th and gathered 40 attendees among entrepreneurs, merchants and technicians of the Northern Provinces.
		Even though the profile of the operators for Sechura and Ayabaca are different (Sechura has over 25,000 inhabitants while Ayabaca has only 6,000), the interest in working in both small towns is remarkable, however the operators are demanding different working requirements according to the specific local conditions.
	www.wsp.org /06_FeaturedStories.asp?FeatureID=143 (824 words)

	PIURA - COSTA PERUANA - DESIERTO DE SECHURA - TURISMO Y VIAJES
		En su región costera destaca el desierto de Sechura, el más grande del Perú; en éste se localiza la Depresión de Bayóvar, el área más baja del territorio peruano (37 metros debajo del nivel del mar).
		Cerca a este lugar, el río Sechura, en los últimos kilómetros de su recorrido, corre paralelo a la costa por un tramo de 5 km.
		Allí el delta original se ha arenado de manera que forma una barrera que le impide llegar directamente al mar. Esta desviación ha originado, hacia el norte, una franja de orilla marina que varía de 200 a 350 metros de ancho y constituye la margen izquierda del río.
	latinotravel.com.pe /piura.htm (2840 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Sechura desert (NT1315)
		The Sechura desert is the most extensive desert strip on the western coast of South America.
		Although this ecoregion corresponds to the country’s most populated area, fortunately there are a number of protected natural areas that have a representative sample of the different ecosystems such as the hills, coastal wetlands, desert and the carob groves.
		This coastal fog desert flanks the western slopes of the Andes in Peru and Chile.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/nt/nt1315_full.html (1248 words)

	Sechura Desert culture and attractions. Sechura Desert lodging, youth hostels and nightlife. Sechura Desert travel & ...
		The Sechura desert is a desert ecoregion of coastal Peru.
		The desert occupies the northern coastal strip along the Pacific coast of Peru, extending from the coast 20-100 km inland to the secondary ridges of the Andes Mountains.
		The total area of the Sechura desert is 188,735 km²;.
	www.peru-andes-travel.com /Peru/Sechura-Desert (370 words)

	PROINVERSION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Mining concessions of Bayovar project are located in Sechura District, Sechura Province, Piura Department, on the North-West Coast, 1,000 Km from Lima city.
		The project comprises exploitation of phosphate deposits, whose minable reserves are estimated at 816 million tons, equivalent to 262 million tons of phosphoric rock concentrates with 30% content of P2O5.
		Once the commercialization of concentrates of phosphoric rock starts and during all the commercialization stage, THE ACQUIRER must deliver, annually and free of charge, an amount up to 1,200 MT of concentrates of phosphoric rock (or its equivalent in fertilizers) for direct exclusive farming use of the Community.
	www.proinversion.gob.pe /english/oportunidades/SM/sm001.htm (689 words)

	South America's Awesome Deserts
		There are the Sechura Desert of Perú and the Atacama Desert of Chile.
		I passed through 600 miles of the Sechura Desert in 2004, and found that it literally beggars all description.
		The Sechura Desert of northern Perú is just as barren and frightening as any of them.
	www.useless-knowledge.com /1234/07mar/article142.html (628 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Sechura desert (NT1315) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Sechura Desert of western Peru, like the neighboring Atacama Desert in Chile, exists as a long narrow coastal band, bound by the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west.
		The Sechura Desert is a warm coastal lowland desert that extends over much of westernmost Peru.
		The Sechura fox, an endemic species, spends most of its time scouring the desert in search of meager food, such as plant materials and invertebrates.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/nt/nt1315.html (450 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Piura mangroves (NT1429)
		This is the southernmost limit of Pacific coastal mangroves, occurring in the vicinity of Bahía de Sechura in northern Peru, around river mouths and along the Pacific coast.
		Occasionally, a Sechura fox, endemic to the Sechura Desert, can be found here looking for crabs and other food.
		Because of the extreme dryness of the Sechura Desert, few villages and towns exist here, but those that do rely almost completely on the sea for survival.
	nationalgeographic.com /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/nt/nt1429.html (350 words)

	Los Tallanes. Desde la perspectiva de Reynaldo Moya Espinoza (historiador) - Monografias.com
		Este último se encuentra al norte de Sechura a la derecha de la carretera de Piura a Sechura y tiene restos arqueológicos muy importantes a los que se le atribuye una antigüedad de 1.000 años antes de Cristo.
		Parece que un maremoto que azotó la costa de Sechura, obligó a gran cantidad de gente a emigrar al interior del valle.
		Los tallanes de Sechura poco a poco se fueron aislando de sus hermanos del valle y dependieron para vivir exclusivamente ente del mar.
	www.monografias.com /cgi-bin/jump.cgi?ID=120396 (3953 words)

	Tourism in Piura - Peru Contact
		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.
		It is characterized by its ample bays and rocky places of white granite hanging down from the dunes.
	www.perucontact.com /en/conozca/piura.php (672 words)

	Documento sin título (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		O a 05° 38' Latitud Sur 80° 51' Latitud Oeste (Suroeste), comunicándose con la ciudad de Sechura mediante la carretera asfaltada y afirmada, cuenta con un pequeño muelle de fierro.
		al Oeste de Sechura y al Sur de la Caleta Matacaballo o entre los 05º40' latitud Sur y 80º51' de Longitud Oeste a 4 km.
		al Sur del distrito de Sechura, próxima a Bayóvar Es una zona netamente comercial de productos hidrobiológicos.
	www.munisechura.gob.pe /Sechura/TurPlayas.htm (522 words)

	DCP: 6 degrees south, 81 degrees west
		Finally we identified the point we liked to visit: 6°S 81°W. It is located in the middle of a peninsula formed by the Illescas mountain, which is a relict of an ancient range of the Andes, called 'Cordillera de la Costa' which is nowadays mostly lost in the Pacific Ocean.
		The road from Sechura ended up in a small sandy crossroad: To the right the road to Bayovar and the road to Chiclayo to the left.
		Absolutely tired, we took the same way back to Sechura: out of the valley, passing the excavations, the endless beach, the sandy path to Bayovar and finally the road to Sechura.
	www.confluence.org /confluence.php?visitid=12078 (1610 words)

	WWF - Atacama-Sechura Deserts - A Global Ecoregion
		This ecoregion, comprised of the Atacama and Sechura deserts, forms a continuous strip of desert for almost 3,500 km (1,300 miles) along the coast of Chile and Peru.
		Nevertheless, this ecoregion contains approximately 1300 species of plants of which 60 per cent of Atacama and 40 per cent of Sechura plants are endemic, with only 68 species found in both regions.
		The Atacama-Sechura Deserts ecoregion has distinctive desert plants, particularly ferns, cone-bearing plants, cacti, and flowering plants that survive by absorbing moisture from fog and dew.
	www.panda.org /about_wwf/where_we_work/ecoregions/atacama_sechura_deserts.cfm (287 words)

	Living in Peru » Travel : Kingdoms of the North (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The narrow ribbon of asphalt that links the city of Piura with the port of Bayóvar is interrupted to the south of the village of Sechura by a strip of sea water reaching 35 kilometers into the interior.
		After a few minutes of relaxation, the birds throw themselves once more into the implacable rhythm of their daily lives to the accompaniment of the incessant din of squawking, screeching and beating wings.
		Upon a canvas of white sand dunes constantly being sculpted by the wind and bordered by dry forests, the Sechura desert (over an area of 40,000 hectares) has shown itself capable of being transformed into three original explosions of life.
	www.livinginperu.com /travel-191-piura-kingdoms-north (1097 words)

	Peru.com - Finanzas: Bayóvar: Inversión privada con responsabilidad social
		El área del Proyecto, ubicada en la provincia de Sechura, abarca las 74,059 hectáreas donde se ubican los fosfatos, con reservas probadas de 816 millones de toneladas equivalentes a 262 millones de toneladas de concentrados de roca fosfórica, así como diatomitas (45 millones), salmueras (82 millones), carbonatos (42 millones) y yeso (7 millones).
		El nuevo modelo consiste en canalizar recursos aportados por la empresa minera hacia la comunidad, a través de la Fundación Comunal San Martín de Sechura, que constituirá un instrumento para el desarrollo social y económico de dicha Comunidad.
		Finalmente, se suscribe Convenio Marco de Cooperación entre PROINVERSION y la Comunidad Campesina San Martín de Sechura (04.02.2004), incluyendo la creación del fondo anteriormente mencionado para la Fundación Comunal San Martín de Sechura para el desarrollo sostenible de la comunidad del entorno del proyecto.
	www.peru.com /finanzas/idocs/2005/4/4/DetalleDocumento_202683.asp (712 words)

	Alpha Centauri's Universe: Earth Image Archive - Sechura Desert
		The Sechura Desert of northwestern Peru is typical of the hyperarid conditions that exist along the west coast of South America where the cold Humboldt (Peruvian) Current generates very little precipitation, especially along the northern coast of Chile and the entire coast of Peru.
		The darker area in the desert southeast of Sechura Bay appears to be an oasis area where possibly a hardy variety of cotton is grown with the use of irrigation.
		The west-flowing Cascajal River exits the Andes Mountains, begins its trek across the Sechura Desert, and apparently disappears beneath the sandy soil of the desert before reaching the cultivated field near the coast.
	www.earthandspace.info /contents/earth0285b.htm (259 words)

	ENRIQUE BIDEGARAY: UN TIO DEL ESCRIBIDOR
		Ocurrió esta historia en la provincia de Sechura (desierto del Norte del Perú).
		Quedé asombrado, Mario Vargas Llosa iba a venir a este alejado pueblo de Sechura, estuve un instante en silencio, el volvió a hablar solicitándome por favor que yo fuera algo así como un guía del desierto.
		Allí ante ellos estaba el espléndido Templo de Sechura, les conté que según la tradición había sido construido el año 1760, utilizando en el fraguado una argamasa de cal mezclada con claras de los huevos de aves guaneras de las islas de Lobos y de la isla Foca.
	bidegaray.spaces.live.com /Blog/cns!A1D9E773A377ECA1!105.entry (1406 words)

	Sechura Inc. reports earnings for Qtr to March 31 - New York Times
		Sechura Inc. reports earnings for Qtr to March 31 - New York Times
		Sechura Inc. reports earnings for Qtr to March 31
		There were no preferred-share dividends in the latest period, compared with $ 868,000 in year-ago period.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9A05E5D6113AF93AA35755C0A964958260 (38 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Piura mangroves (NT1429) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		This is the southernmost limit of Pacific coastal mangroves, occurring in the vicinity of Bahía de Sechura in northern Peru, around river mouths and along the Pacific coast.
		Occasionally, a Sechura fox, endemic to the Sechura Desert, can be found here looking for crabs and other food.
		Because of the extreme dryness of the Sechura Desert, few villages and towns exist here, but those that do rely almost completely on the sea for survival.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/nt/nt1429.html (350 words)

	Morton et al.--Effects of triple superphosphate and Sechura phosphate rock
		Effects of triple superphosphate and Sechura phosphate rock on clover and nitrogen content of pasture
		Abstract The effect of annual applications of triple superphosphate (TSP) and Sechura phosphate rock (SPR) on clover content of permanent pasture was measured at seven sites in New Zealand.
		Clover content as a percentage of total pasture dry matter (DM) production (% clover) increased with phosphorus (P) application rate, and the response of % clover to P increased with time over 6 years.
	www.rsnz.org /publish/nzjar/1994/62.php (224 words)

	Campaña
		La actividad extractiva será con la modalidad de tajo abierto, para lo cual se tendrá que reubicar y trasladar a un pueblo de 25 mil habitantes.
		Los agricultores se han organizado y 28 mil ciudadanos han suscrito un memorial que el Municipio elevará al Ejecutivo solicitando se deroguen los decretos supremos que otorgaron a la Manhattan Sechura la concesión y piden que se declare la intangibilidad de sus tierras.
		Además de la Manhattan Sechura existen otras compañías mineras que están realizando trabajos de exploración como Minera Buenaventura, en las nacientes de las cuencas del rió Quiroz, en Ayabaca, y la empresa Redmond Ventures Corpration en Las Lomas, donde se ha encontrado yacimientos de oro.
	www.cronicaperuana.galeon.com /enlaces161965.html (916 words)

	Page Three - Sechura
		Sechura – This town sits surrounded by desert near the coast in Northern Peru.
		The dusty streets are lined with brick homes painted in colors bleached by the sun.
		In the late evening it is carried through the town in a procession surrounded by purple clad worshippers and incense.
	www.kleph.com /photo/2003/gallery03003.htm (98 words)

	Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Peru claims three discoveries by end of 2005
		The Sechura basin shelf got its first substantial oil discovery with a well drilled by Petro-Tech Peruana in the south-western extremity of Block Z-2B.
		The San Pedro 1X well tested at 1,200 bpd of light oil from what is reported to be Palaeozoics, which have not been widely prospective in Peru.
		The Sechura basin has extensive seismic coverage but few wells.
	www.gasandoil.com /goc/discover/dix60640.htm (515 words)

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