Chan Chan

City of the pre-Columbian era in South America

Chan Chan (Spanish pronunciation:), sometimes itself called Chimor, 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.

Location	La Libertad Region, Peru +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Region	Latin America and the Caribbean +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Coordinates	8°6′21″S 79°4′28″W +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Type	Cultural +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

HISTORY

Founded	850 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Cultures	Chimú culture +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

SITE NOTES

ARCHITECTURE

Contributors

No records found.

More...

Lists (5)

Similar profiles

add_box

This page is the FamousFix profile for Chan Chan. Content on this page is contributed by editors who belong to our editorial community. We welcome your contributions... so please create an account if you would like to collaborate with other editor's in helping to shape this website.

On the Chan Chan page you will be able to add and update factual information, post media and connect this topic to other topics on the website. This website does skew towards famous actors, musicians, models and sports stars, however we would like to expand that to include many other interesting topics.