Piura is a city in northwestern Peru, located north of the Sechura Desert along the Piura River, with a population of about 484,000 as of 2017, making it the seventh most populous city in the country. One of the oldest Spanish-founded cities in South America, established in 1532, Piura serves today as capital of the Piura Region and a commercial and agricultural center for Peru's northern coast, known for cotton, mango and lime production.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Piura (Wikipedia)
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The city has an estimated population of 630,244 according to the census carried out by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática in 2020.
Infobox, Area, Total
621.2 km2 (239.8 sq mi)
Infobox, Elevation
55 m (180 ft)
Infobox, Founded
1532
Infobox, Coordinates
5.200°S 80.633°W
- In Group: Cities of South America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. GeoNames: Piura - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3693528
-5.18192 -80.65715 P PPLA PE 20 2001 200101 630000 29 America/Lima
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 29 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -5.25, -80.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -5.25, -80.75
-5.25 -80.75 BWh
Wikidata: Piura
Wikidata Q223966, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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