Trujillo
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Trujillo

Peru · La Libertad

Trujillo is a city in coastal northwestern Peru and the capital of the Department of La Libertad. It is the third most populous city and center of the third most populous metropolitan area of Peru. It is located on the banks of the Moche River, near its mouth at the Pacific Ocean, in the Moche Valley. This was a site of the great prehistoric Moche and Chimu cultures before the Inca conquest and subsequent expansion.

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Local time
UTC-5 · 1 h ahead of Costa Rica
Region
La Libertad
Main language
Spanish
On the map
8.12° S, 79.03° W

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