Moche (Trujillo)
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Coordinates | 8 ° 10 ′ S , 79 ° 1 ′ W | |
Basic data | ||
Country | Peru | |
La Libertad | ||
province | Trujillo | |
ISO 3166-2 | PE-LAL | |
District | Moche | |
height | 4 m | |
Residents | 20,549 (2017) | |
founding | 1549 | |
Website | www.munimoche.gob.pe (Spanish) | |
politics | ||
mayor | César Arturo Fernández Bazán (2019-2022) |
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Political party | Alianza para el Progreso | |
Plaza de Armas in Moche
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Moche is a coastal city on the Pacific coast of northwest Peru . The population was 20,549 in the 2017 census. Ten years earlier the population was 16,000. The city is the administrative seat of the district of the same name .
Moche is 7 kilometers southeast of Trujillo city center . The river Río Moche flows into the sea about 3 kilometers further west. The national road 1N ( Panamericana ) passes the city. Nearby are the archaeological sites of Huaca del Sol ("Sun Temple") and Huaca de la Luna ("Moon Temple").
Individual evidence
- ↑ PERU: La Libertad Region - Provinces & Places . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
Web links
Commons : Moche - collection of images, videos and audio files