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Huaura
Sign in to saveHuaura is a city in Peru. It is the capital of the homonymous district located in the province of Huaura in the department of Lima. It had an estimated population of 24,668 according to the 2017 census. It ceased to be the provincial capital in 1866 in favor of the city of Huacho and is part of the conurbation formed around the latter by means of two bridges over the .
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Place details
- Locality
- Huaura
- Region
- Lima
- Country
- Perú
- Population
- 20,723
- Timezone
- America/Lima
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Huaura is a city in Peru. It is the capital of the homonymous district located in the province of Huaura in the department of Lima. It had an estimated population of 24,668 according to the 2017 census. It ceased to be the provincial capital in 1866 in favor of the city of Huacho and is part of the conurbation formed around the latter by means of two bridges over the .
The city's main square houses the Huaura Museum, the site of the proclamation of the independence of Peru by José de San Martín in 1820.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Huaura” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.