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Pachacamac (deserted settlement) |
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| Lat: 12 15 24 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -12.2560 decimal degrees |
| Long: 076 54 01 W degrees minutes |
Long: -76.9000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Remains of a pre-Columbian city, flourished ca. 800-1450 CE; includes temple, tombs, and city walls, as well as remains of a later Incan temple to the sun. The city was sacked by Pizarro ca. 1532; a modern town has grown up adjacent to the ruins. |
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Peru (nation) (P) |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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| religious center (H) |
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| near/adjacent to .... |
La Mamacoma .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, South America, Peru, Lima department) [7016596] |
| near/adjacent to .... |
Pachacamac .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, South America, Peru, Lima department) [7593945] |
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