Official Name: | Chiclín |
Pushpin Map: | Peru |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | La Libertad |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Ascope |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Chicama |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Timezone: | PET |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Coordinates: | -7.8358°N -79.1611°W |
Chiclín is a town in Northern Peru in Chicama District of Ascope Province in the region La Libertad. This town is located next to the Pan-American Highway some 35 km north of Trujillo in the agricultural Chicama Valley.[1]
At the start of the 20th century, Rafael Larco Herrera wanted to transform hacienda Chiclín into a Utopia. The project was challenged by Alfonso Ugarte de Chiclín Football Club.[2]