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Ancestrally, the Chira Valley has been an area of ​​important agricultural production, where the Tallanes, an ethnic group with a matriarchal organization, settled, which gradually was invaded by the Mochicas, Chimú and finally by the Incas. It was in these lands that the Spanish founded the first Spanish city, in this part of America, which they called San Miguel de Tangarara (on July 15, 1532); then the Spanish modified the native agrarian structure, creating the divisions and encomiendas. At the end of the 18th century, on July 8, 1783, under the name of El Príncipe, Bishop Baltasar Jaime Martínez de Compañón y Bufanda founded the city of Sullana. In the colony, the northern part of the country was important, due to the presence of the port of Paita (to which Sullana belonged), as well as the intense commercial activity, being this strategic aspect for its development. At the beginning of the 20th century, Sullana was one of the most important and productive districts of the province of Paita, achieving population growth, economic growth and urban development that rose to the category of province, on November 4, 1911.





Sullana, province of the Piura region, located on the north coast of the country, has an area of ​​5,423.6 km2, an altitude of 59 meters above sea level and a population of 234,562 people, has a desert and semitropical climate, an average temperature of 20 ° C, varying between 13 ° C in winter and 37 ° C in summer; Its capital, the city of the same name, is located 38 km north of the capital of the region, in the beautiful Chira valley, bathed by the river of the same name.



The city of Sullana has good access roads, a road in good condition and permanent land transport companies, from and to the south, north and interior of the province, being able to reach the city of Piura by commercial flight from Lima and then by land at approximately 45 minutes by car. If you take the Pan-American highway, from Sullana to the north, you can reach the Tumbes region in three hours and if you take it south you can reach the Lambayeque region in approximately three and a half hours, which shows its excellent location.





Its most notable and recommended attractions are:



El Angolo Hunting Reserve:

Located 12 km north of the city of Sullana (approximately 3 hours by car), in a shared territory with the Tumbes region, with an area of ​​65,000 hectares, it extends over part of the foothills of the Amotapes mountain range. The landscape is dominated by a dry forest, a set of low and medium hills, as well as streams. The height varies from 540 meters above sea level, in the El Angolo hamlet, to 1,613 meters above sea level at the top of Cerro Carrizal. The fauna in the preserve is very varied, with 17 species of mammals such as the white-tailed deer, the puma, the wild cat, the sajino, the squirrel and the anteater. There are 150 species of birds such as the condor, the royal vulture, the hawk, the kestrel, the mountain partridge and pigeons; 13 species of reptiles, 7 of amphibians and 10 of fish. Among the flora, the carob tree, the faique, the palo santo, the almond tree, the ceibo, the sapote, the hualtaco stand out. Hunting in the area is controlled and hunting of white-tailed deer is allowed. This area is part of the Northwest Biosphere Reserves, recognized as such by Unesco on March 1, 1977. Due to the wild wealth that exists in the area, it becomes an excellent place to camp. The hunt is practiced with the respective permit. If you wish to carry out hunting activities, we suggest that you coordinate with your travel agency to schedule your adventure, complete the procedures to obtain your permit and rent weapons. The costs are not higher.



The Poechos dam

27 km from the city of Sullana is the Poechos dam, which offers the spectacle of an immense source of water and allows the practice of water sports: water skiing, boating, fishing and swimming.



Sulfur baths of La Leche

Located in the La Brea district, in Talara, these waters are attributed curative and medicinal powers due to their high sulfur content.



The Cerros de Amotape National Park is located in the Contralmirante Villar province, in Tumbes, and in the Sullana province, in Piura. It is a natural and cultural heritage of northwestern Peru, it has the particularity of being an area with a high number of endemic species, be they animals or plants, mainly due to its geographical location. The park, whose territory is shared with the Tumbes region, is surrounded by ecosystems very close to the sea, the Pacific tropical forest and the Amotapes mountain range, presenting four life zones: very dry tropical forest, tropical thorn forest, dry forest tropical, premontane tropical dry forest. The physiography of the park is predominantly mountainous due to the Amotapes massif, highlighting geographical features such as Cerro Negro, deep canyons, ravines and ravines, with a hot and dry climate, cooler towards the east due to the increase in altitude. To the north it is hot and humid, to the south it is hot and dry. Average annual rainfall is 800 mm, the rainy season being from December to March.



The wild fauna is very varied and is represented by species characteristic of both the arid zones and the tropical forest and the Andean mountain range. Among the mammals, the following stand out: the gray deer (Odocoileus virginianus), the puma (Felis concolor), the anteater (Tamandua mexicana), the white-naped squirrel (Sciurus stramineus), the jaguar (Pantera onca), Cuchucho (Nasua nasua). Among the birds are: the imposing Andean condor (Vultur gryphus), the jungle condor (Sarcoramphus papa), the noisy red-headed parrots (Aratinga erithrogenys) and other species that correspond to woodpeckers and parakeets. Reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates always offer a chance to be appreciated. A special group is made up of those animals that are in danger of extinction, such as the Tumbes crocodile (Crocodilos acutus) and the northwestern otter (Lutra longicaudis), which is found in the only river in the national park, the Tumbes river, and It has an income on the border with the Tumbes region.



The city has an excellent landscape and quite suitable areas to enjoy beautiful landscapes, as well as hotels with acceptable service, banks, communications and good gastronomy, based on beans, kid and rice, and it is pleasant; her drink is clarito. Go ahead and visit it, it is relaxing.

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