Nasca (Peru)

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Nasca
Nasca (Peru)
Nasca
Nasca
Coordinates 14 ° 50 ′  S , 74 ° 56 ′  W Coordinates: 14 ° 50 ′  S , 74 ° 56 ′  W
Symbols
coat of arms
coat of arms
Basic data
Country Peru

region

Ica
province Nasca
ISO 3166-2 PE-ICA
District Nasca
height 520 m
Residents 22,859 (2017)
founding November 17, 1591
Website www.muninasca.gob.pe (Spanish)
politics
mayor Julio Oscar Elías Lucana
(2019-2022)
Plaza de Armas in Nasca
Plaza de Armas in Nasca
Street in Nasca
Cotton cultivation near Nasca

Nasca (old spelling: Nazca ) is a city with about 23,000 inhabitants (2017 census) in Peru , located about 450 km south of Lima directly on the Panamericana . The coast of the Pacific is about 50 kilometers away. Nasca is the capital of the Nasca province in the Ica region .

The city owes its economic boom to the famous Nazca Lines , which have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1994 . The lines and ground drawings ( geoglyphs ) in the Nazca plain were created by the bearers of the Nazca culture .

Tourism has been developing for years. There are numerous hotels and restaurants. Nasca also has a small airport , from where u. a. Sightseeing flights start over the Nazca Lines. Travel agencies arrange flights across the desert to visit the Nazca Lines.

literature

  • Dietrich Schulze, Viola Zetzsche: Picture book of the desert. Maria Reiche and the floor drawings of Nasca. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2005, ISBN 3-89812-298-0 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ PERU: Region Ica - Provinces & Places . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved December 28, 2019.

Web links

Commons : Nasca  - album with pictures, videos and audio files