Sullana

Sullana is a city in the Piura Region of north-western Peru and the capital of Sullana Province. It lies in the coastal plains of the Chira valley, 38 kilometres north of Piura, and is one of the most important cities of the department, with about 225,615 inhabitants in 2020 according to the article. It was founded on 8 July 1783 by Bishop Baltazar Jaime Martínez de Compañon, first under the name El Principe, and the article also gives its earlier name as Santísima Trinidad de La Punta. The valley has always been rich farming land and was settled by the Tallanes, Mochicas, Chimú and finally the Incas, while the Spanish founded their first city in this part of the Americas, San Miguel de Tangarara, here on 15 July 1532. The climate is hot desert, with a mean temperature of 27 degrees Celsius. Sullana is a commercial centre in a major cotton-growing area, and the Feria Internacional de los Reyes is held in the first week of January.