Chavin Peru Pre Inca Culture

Chavin Peru Pre Inca Culture

Chavin, Mother Culture of the Andean Civilization, was a great religious center, built more than 3,000 years ago, with the excesses produced by a peasant society that had succeeded in a agricultural revolution.

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CHAVIN 

The Mother Culture of the Andean Civilization

GENERAL INFORMATION

LOCATION
In the east side flank of the Cordillera Blanca, on the Conchucos Valley in the department of Ancash, aprox. 110 kms. from Huaraz.

ALTITUDE
The town of Chavin is at 3,100 mts. above sea level. 

POPULATION
It has a population of 5,900 inhabitants.

CLIMATE
Most of the year is lukewarm. In summer (December to March) is the rainy season with sunny mornings and in winter (June to September) during the day, its warm and at night, cold.

ACCESS / APPROACH
By Land:
It communicates from Lima by the Northern Pan-American Highway that goes to Huaraz. At the intersection of Catac, the road (paved) heads east towards the Conchucos Valley were Chavin is located. It takes aprox. 9 hours from Lima and 21/2 hrs. from Huaraz. Daily departures from Huaraz and Lima...

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