Virú is a town in northern Peru and the capital of Virú Province in the La Libertad Region, 48 kilometres south of the city of Trujillo. It is primarily an agricultural centre in the Virú Valley. The English Wikipedia article records that in the 1960s about 850 families lived in the town, that around 60 percent of the population worked in agriculture and the remaining 40 percent in shops and services, and that the town had a movie theater, a hospital and a secondary school.
Facts
Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. citypopulation.de: City Population (citypopulation.de): Peru
citypopulation.deCities table, calculation of 2022-06-30Quote, Cities table, calculation of 2022-06-30
10,584 11,500
2. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): Opentopodata SRTM 90 m elevation for Virú
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)SRTM 90 m elevation at the infobox coordinates of the city
"elevation": 78.0
SRTM 90 m elevation, band by the lane rule of 10 m or less sea-level, to 500 m lowland, to 1500 m highland
"elevation": 78.0
View the Source 3. Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koppen-Geiger climate classification updated (ASCII data)
Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Grid cell -8.25 -78.75 BWhQuote, Grid cell -8.25 -78.75 BWh
-8.25 -78.75 BWh
4. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, southamerica zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone America/Lima, standard offset -5:00Quote, Zone America/Lima, standard offset -5:00
America/Lima
Virú (Wikipedia)
Part Of: Peru, Lead
is a town in Northern Peru, capital of the province Virú in the region La Libertad
In Group: Cities of South America (World), Lead, placement
is a town in Northern Peru, capital of the province Virú in the region La Libertad
View the SourcePeru (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationOn Continent: South America, LeadQuote, On Continent: South America, Lead
is a country in western South America
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