Piura

American

[pyoo-rah] / ˈpyu rɑ /

noun

a city in N Peru.

Piura British

/ ˈpjura /

noun

a city in NW Peru: the oldest colonial city in Peru, founded by Pizarro in 1532; commercial centre of an agricultural district. Pop: 357 000 (2005 est)

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He arrived at the Augustinian mission in Chulucanas, in the Peruvian department of Piura, in 1985, aged 30, and the following year, joined the mission in Trujillo.

From BBC • May 9, 2025

With 5,275 dengue cases, Piura was by Friday the second hardest-hit city in Peru.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2024

Local television showed hundreds of cargo vehicles along blocked roads in the regions of Tacna, Arequipa, Cusco, Puno, Ayacucho, Ancash and Piura.

From Reuters • Nov. 24, 2022

His parents had come from the north — his mother from Piura, his father from Lambayeque — and were staying in a house located in the privileged district when Carballo was born.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2022

The name of this city is Piura and it is on a small river bearing the same name.

From Birdseye Views of Far Lands by Nichols, James T. (James Thomas)

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