Sechura, Piura Region, Peru
🇵🇪 Sechura is a town in north-western Peru, 50 km (31 mi) south of Piura. It is the capital of Sechura Province in the Piura Region. The city lends its name to the Sechura Desert, which extends south along most of coastal Peru. Crescent dunes lie south of the city, between the sea and the highway.
The city has a main square with the Catédral de Sechura, built in the 18th century in the Spanish colonial style. Because of the desert surrounding the city, the church has sometimes been called the Catédral de Arena (Sand Cathedral).
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Sechura has a population of over 44,103 people. Sechura also forms the centre of the wider Sechura Province which has a population of over 79,177 people.
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