12 Facts About Chiclayo

Chiclayo is the principal city of the Lambayeque region in northern Peru.

Chiclayo named Chiclayo "the Heroic City" to recognize the courage of its citizens in the fight for independence, a title it still holds.

Chiclayo is Peru's fourth-largest city, after Lima, Arequipa, and Trujillo, with a population of 738,000 as of 2011.

Unlike other major Peruvian colonial cities such as Lima, Piura, Trujillo, or Arequipa, Chiclayo was inhabited by a largely indigenous population rather than Spanish colonizers.

On 15 April 1835, Chiclayo was proclaimed a city by then-president Felipe Santiago Salaverry, who declared it a "Heroic City" in recognition of the services its people rendered in the War of Independence.

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The next day, the Chiclayo Province was organized, with Chiclayo designated as its capital.

Today, Chiclayo is an important Peruvian city, the financial and commercial capital of Northern Peru.

Chiclayo is known as the "City of Friendship" and Perla del Norte of Peru.

The metropolitan area comprises the six districts of Chiclayo listed above, and six others: Lambayeque, Santa Rosa, Puerto Eten, Eten City, Monsefu, and Reque.

Chiclayo has a warm and very dry desert climate with the sun shining all year around.

Since the city of Chiclayo is located in a tropical zone near the Equator, the weather should be hot, humid, and rainy.

Chiclayo is at the center of the Chancay River delta, in a fertile valley.