Chimbote
[ chim-boh-tee; Spanish cheem-baw-te ]
noun
a city in northwestern Peru, on the western coast at the mouth of the Santa River.
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The copper mines on the Chimbote line, however, are quite another matter.
Peru in the Guano Age | Alexander James Duffield
British Dictionary definitions for Chimbote
Chimbote
/ (Spanish tʃimˈbote) /
noun
a port in N central Peru: contains Peru's first steelworks (1958), using hydroelectric power from the Santa River. Pop: 328 000 (2005 est)
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