Chulucanas

Chulucanas
Chulucana
Town
Flag of Chulucanas
Chulucanas is located in Peru
Chulucanas
Chulucanas
Location in Peru
Coordinates: 05°05′46″S 80°09′53″W / 5.09611°S 80.16472°W / -5.09611; -80.16472
Country Peru
RegionPiura Region
ProvinceMorropón
DistrictChulucanas
Government
 • MayorNelson Mio Reyes
Elevation
92 m (302 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total82,521
 • Estimate 
(2015)[1]
57,380

Chulucanas is a town in Morropón Province, Piura Region, Peru.[2] It lies in the Piura Valley just north of the confluence of the Charanal River[3] with the Piura River.[4] Chulucanas is the administrative seat for both Chulucanas District and Morropón Province.

The town is famous for its pottery. Originally dating from pre-Inca times it is today exported all over the world.[5] It is one of seven products that the Peruvian government supports through its Center for Technological Innovation (CITE).[6] Designs are varied, but are predominated by black and white. There are several bigger companies but a lot of small manufactures are in Chulucanas itself and in the nearby village of Quatro Esquinas.

A major festival for the town is the Fiesta de Cristo Resucitado at Easter.[7]

Operating in Chulucanas is Victor's Vision, a nonprofit organization which provides supplemental academic and personal support, guidance, and resources to bright, impoverished youth.[8]

In 2013, Chulucanas recorded a temperature of 39.8 °C (103.6 °F), which is the joint highest temperature to have ever been recorded in Peru along with the Lancones District.[9]

  1. ^ Perú: Población estimada al 30 de junio y tasa de crecimiento de las ciudades capitales, por departamento, 2011 y 2015. Perú: Estimaciones y proyecciones de población total por sexo de las principales ciudades, 2012-2015 (Report). Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. March 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  2. ^ Chulucanas (Approved - N) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  3. ^ Río Charanal (Approved - N) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  4. ^ Piura, Peru, SB 17-07, (Map) (second ed.). 1:250,000. Joint Operations Graphic, Series 1501 Air. United States Armay Topographic Command. 1994.
  5. ^ Carmen, Jim (26 November 2007). "Alejandro Suyon and the Making of Chulucanas Pottery". eBay Guides. Archived from the original on 26 May 2014.
  6. ^ Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo (MINCETUR) (June 2007). "Plan de desarrollo del mercado de Estados Unidos de América" (PDF). pp. 348–349. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Chulucanas vive la fiesta de Cristo Resucitado". Chulucanas Noticias. 5 April 2015. Archived from the original on 8 April 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  8. ^ "Victor's Vision: Our Story". Victor's Vision. Archived from the original on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  9. ^ PERU21, NOTICIAS (26 January 2019). "Récords de calor en el norte | OPINION". Peru21 (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)