The Huarmey City is the capital of the province of the same name, is one of the 20 provinces of the Department of Ancash and it is located to 293 km of distance of Lima, for the North Pan American Highway.

Huarmey is well known like the "City of the Cordiality", becouse its settlers are warm with its visitors.

This city stand out becouse have a great variety of beaches that could compete with the best ones of the country, it olso has stone forests that form different figures and archaeological complexes.

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HUARMEY

The province of Huarmey counts on two important rivers: The Huarmey River and The Culebras River.

The Huarmey River

It is born near of the town of "Huamba", between the limit zone of "Totoral" and "Acucuta Alto", by the confluence of the rivers of Aija and Malvas; these are born as well in huge Black Mountain Ranges of Huancapetí, Cuncush and Hiunac (Province of Aija), Pancan (district of Succha), Shiqui (district of Malvas) and Ututo (town of Cotaparaco), for finally flow in Punta Rota at an extensive beach of sand and mud.

The Huarmey river has a length of more than 90 kilometers, if the river basin of the Aija river is taken into account, but only the Huarmey does not have a greater route than more of 45 kilometers.

The valley of Huarmey has abundance of water between the months of December to March, being its main production the cotton. The town of Huiña (district of Huayán) enjoys a sunny climate and it is characterized for being a producer of fruits, emphasizing among them: handles, "pacaes", bananas and "palta", as wel as in the production of "frijol" and maize.

Culebras River

This wide and beautiful river, is born in the heights of Huanchay. In his ample route it waters the valley of Snakes (Culebras).

Along this river the towns of "Quita Sombrero", Ampanu, "La Laguna", Quian, Huayash, Cuzmo, Raypa y Colcap; all of them producers of frijol, maize and yucca, that supply to the city of Huarmey and the district of Snakes (Culebras) and to other cities of the coast, in special to the city of Lima.

MAIN SQUARE OF HUARMEY

FOUNTAIN IN THE MAIN SQUARE OF HUARMEY

HUARMEY CATHEDRAL

Huarmey, like in his rivers, it also counts on two ports, the "Huarmey" and "Culebras".

Huarmey Port

Very important by being of fishing of consumption and industrial fishing. Simultaneously generator of employee and generator of currencies for the country. In Huarmey Port, exist conserve and "fish flour" factories.

Culebras Port

Important industrial port and thanks to its fish flour and frozen food factory, could be generated jobs, which let to move the economia of this lethargic town. The District of Snakes (Culebras), is simultaneously, a fishing port for the human consumption.

Huarmey has several atractives touristics, the most important are:

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE THE SPARROWHAWKS (LOS GAVILANES)
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE THE CASTLE (EL CASTILLO)
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE MANDINGA
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE LECHERAL, IN PYRAMID FORM
BERNAPUQUIO SPRING
"LA COCHA" LAGOON
"EL MALTINO" HILL

Huarmey has a exotic coast and beautiful beaches that are visited continuously by tourists, mainly in New Year, the San Valentin Day (14 of February) and in Easter; where the nights of Tuquillo are illuminated by bonfires of the tourists who go to camp, whom come to enjoy the calm waves, of the tame sea, to the whiteness and the tepidity of its fine sands, for this reason; this part of our coast it has been baptized like the "VIRGIN COAST", being a treasure hidden and moved away of the tumult and the hubbub of great cities, in media mass that cover at nationwide have been described these beaches like the best and clean beaches of Peru.

MANACHE BEACH RESORT

Manache previously was a tourist beach, very concurred, it could be appreciated beautiful houses constructed of "quinchas" (cane), covered with mud, elegants in colorful, MANACHE was the only beach.

It was the Mayor of Huarmey Mr. Luis Morante Gamarra, and other remarkable personalities that obtained the project of fit out another coastal zone to the north of the city, the name TUQUILLO.

Today there are nothing, and it is possible that the Manache Beach Resort, recover its life and its brightness, when the Alberto Reyes Avenue arrives until the borders of the beach.

TUQUILLO

They were the years of twenty century, the deputy for Ancash Ernesto Moreno Figueroa, makes formalities to fit out the new zone destined for resort, by formalities of Mayor Luis Morante Gamarra, the new resort was fit out with its breakwaters.

For the electrical energy that counted on provided for a motor, all a newness for that time, TUQUILLO, is a resorth that seems a backwater of peace, by its calm waves and their warm sand, in where all can be rest with tranquillity, all it looks as a species of giant lagoon with moderate waves and fresh water.

TUQUILLO

ANTIVITO, MARACANA, LA POSITA

They are neighboring beaches to the beach of Tuquillo, that give the tourist the diversity and opportunity to choose where it wishes to spend the summer, for example: "La Posita" and "La Conchita" are for the small ones and for the family. "Maracana" and "Antivito" are more brave, they are ideals for surfistas and lovers of the adventure. Towards the north of Tuquillo exist another small beach called "Los Medanos", ideals and preferred for camp and to enjoy a solitary day of beach, it is olso zone for "Marisqueo" (to gather shellfish).

Other recommended beaches are Bermejo, Tamborero, Las Salinas, Castillo, Parrillo, Las Zorras (The Vixens), Gaviotas (Gulls), Infiernillo and Gramadal.

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