Conache

8°7′20.88″S 78°57′2.49″W﻿ / ﻿8.1224667°S 78.9506917°W﻿ / -8.1224667; -78.9506917

Place in La Libertad, Peru

Conache

Conache

Location in Peru

Coordinates: 8°7′20.88″S 78°57′2.49″W﻿ / ﻿8.1224667°S 78.9506917°W﻿ / -8.1224667; -78.9506917
Country|  Peru
Region| La Libertad
Province| Trujillo
District| Laredo
Founded| mochica
Government

• Type| Mayor–council government
• Mayor| Miguel Orlando Chavez Castro
Elevation

| 89 m (292 ft)
Time zone| UTC-5 (PET)
Area code| 044
Demonym| (Spanish: laredino/a)
Website| Municipality of Laredo

Conache is a peruvian town located in Laredo District about 14 km from Trujillo city in La Libertad Region. This is set in an ancient place, which belonged to the mochica culture in the pre-Inca era. This town has sandy lands, and is washed by the Moche River, allowing currently an agricultural and livestock acceptable level. It also has remains of the ancient agriculture, and paved channels, in the area called "The Devil's pocket."

## History

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The town is located in the valley of the river Moche with high agricultural production. In old times its huachaques (Moche irrigations) were well used by the Indians for livestock and for hydrobiological elements. In colonial times, the first conquerors and Hispanic settlers made of Conache an agricultural and food production. It was a production place for the emerging markets of Trujillo. Currently Conache belongs to Laredo district, and is located 7 km from the city of Laredo.

## Economy

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Conache today is a farming village, where people cultivates corn, beans, sugar cane, vegetables and the people also dedicates to livestock, forage cultivation and animal husbandry majors and minors.

## Festivals

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* Carnival of Conache, is a festival held each year in the peruvian town of Conache, located nearby Trujillo city at southeast. It consists of several activities including the crowning of the queen, and a big celebration with the ancient drink called Chicha.[1]

## Tourism

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* Lake Conache was seasonal and periodically it was formed during the rainy season in the area, and months after it dried, but after completing the second phase of the special project of irrigation Chavimochic, with the continuous flood irrigation of the crops in the Pampas de San Juan, the water table increased gradually by the leaks, and the lake came to have permanent water and it is growing in volume.[2]

* Lake Conache

## See also

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* Trujillo
* Trujillo Province
* La Libertad Region
* Laredo District
* Lake Conache
* Carnival of Conache

## References

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1. ^ Newspaper RPP (ed.). "(spanish)Expectativa por XVI Edición Carnaval de Conache en Trujillo". Retrieved September 13, 2012.
2. ^ "Lake Conache - Mincetur". Archived from the original on 2013-12-29.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Trujillo (Perú).

* Location of Conache (Trujillo city) (Wikimapia)
* Carnival of Conache
* Municipality of Laredo