| Huacho | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| — Town — | |||
|
|||
|
Huacho
|
|||
| Coordinates: | |||
| Country | Peru | ||
| Region | Lima | ||
| Province | Huaura | ||
| Founded | 24 August 1571 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Democracy | ||
| • Mayor | Santiago Yuri Cano La Rosa | ||
| Elevation | 68 m (223 ft) | ||
| Population | |||
| • Total | 175,585(Proy. 2,011) | ||
| Time zone | PET (UTC-5) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | PET (UTC-5) | ||
| Area code(s) | 232 | ||
| Website | www.munihuacho.gob.pe | ||
Huacho (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈwatʃo]) is a city in Peru, capital of the Huaura Province and capital of the Lima Region. It is located 223 feet (67 metres) above sea level and 148 km north of the city of Lima. The city is located on the Pan-American Highway, and close to the Lomas de Lachay National Park so it has extensive vegetation and wildlife.
Contents |
Settled on the bottom of a wide bay, its climate is wet and appealing. In the surrounding areas there are rice, cotton, sugarcane and different grain fields. This fact has allowed the rise of a rather important cotton industry, as well as cotton and oil factories. Within its natural landscape, its salt mines and its beaches (such as El Paraíso ) are of great interest. Huacho was one of the main trade center north to Lima.
Under the viceroy of Francisco de Toledo, who decided to group the ayllus of the Indians who were established in that area into reductions. The site chosen was that of "Gaucho Bay." Consequently, on 24 August 1571, the reduction was named San Bartolomé de Guachu.
During the Viceroyalty of Peru, the city belonged to the province of Huara and was established as a trading and fishing port. In 1774 the Viceroy José Antonio de Mendoza granted Huacho the category of "pueblo" and with it, allowed it to build its main plaza.
Huacho was, like Huaura, a pueblo that received and hosted the members of the liberation expedition led by José de San Martín, participating on 27 November 1820 of the Grito libertador en el balcéon de Huaura, on the subject of historical verification.
On 12 February 1821, Huacho was elevated to district, belonging to the province of Chanchay, in the department of Lima. The Congress conceded the titale of Fidelísima Villa (most faithful) on 11 April 1828, under the presidency of Don José de La Mar. On 23 January 1830, the province of Chanchay was unified with the province of Lima and Santa in the department of Ancash. Huaura was established as the capital of the province of Chanchay. It was thirty years before on 23 January 1866, Huacho was established as the capital of Chanchay.
Due to its technological advances, since 1892 the city has had a city tram service, an animal transportation service, it is said, using mules or horses for their displacement, called "tranvías de sangre" (blood tram), a service which extended to Huara, and which since 1920 was electrified, being the first city after LIma to have its own electric tram system.
Since 1911, it was the main hub of the Ferrocarril Noroeste del Perú (Northwestern Train of Peru), which connected Huacho with Ancón, Sayan, and Barranca.
On 10 November 1874, Huacho was elevated to the category of city and was made capital of the province even when it was separated from Chanchay (today the province of Huaral) and was created the province of Huaura. Actually, the city of Huacho was also the capital of the Governal Region of Lima.
Huacho is home to the annual Guinea Pig Festival.[1]
|
|
|||||