Key facts
- Cultures
- Chimú culture
- Location
- La Libertad Region , Peru
- Built
- c. 850
- Official name
- Chan Chan Archaeological Zone
- Criteria
- Cultural: i, iii
- Inscription
- 1986 (10th Session )
- Endangered
- 1986–present
- Area
- 1,414.57 ha (3,495.5 acres)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Chan Chan ( Spanish pronunciation: [tʃaɲ ˈtʃaŋ]), sometimes called Chimor itself, was the capital city of the Chimor kingdom. It was the largest city of the pre-Columbian era in South America. It is now an archeological site in the department of La Libertad five kilometers (3.1 mi) west of Trujillo, Peru.
Chan Chan is located in the mouth of the Moche Valley and was the capital of the historical empire of the Chimor from 900 to 1470, when they were defeated and incorporated into the Inca Empire. Chimor, a conquest state, developed from the Chimú culture which established itself along the Peruvian coast around 900 CE.