Tumbes

[toom-bes]

noun

1. a seaport in NW Peru.

Example Sentences

Peruvian authorities said the old walls of an Army barracks collapsed in Tumbes.

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Peruvian authorities also reported that four homes were destroyed and the old walls of an Army barracks collapsed in Tumbes.

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Peruvian Prime Minister Alberto Otárola said a 4-year-old girl died from head trauma she suffered in the collapse of her home in the Tumbes region, on the border with Ecuador.

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The government has declared a state of emergency as it seeks to bring relief to regions of Peru hard hit by the cyclone known as Yaku, which include Lambayeque, Piura and Tumbes.

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The hospital in Tumbes, near the border with Ecuador, where Marchan’s family resides, has a plant that has been inoperative for years because someone stole an electronic card needed to operate it.

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