Piura

Summary

Piura is a city^[1]. Piura draws 256 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #623 of 5,534).^[2]

Key Facts

• Piura is located in Piura Province^[3].
• Piura is in the country of Peru^[4].
• Piura is on the body of water Piura River^[5].
• Piura's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Piura's instance of is recorded as big city^[7].
• Piura's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bahía Blanca^[8].
• Piura's twinned administrative body is recorded as Trujillo^[9].
• Piura's twinned administrative body is recorded as Oklahoma City^[10].
• Piura's postal code is recorded as 20001^[11].
• Piura's Commons category is recorded as Piura^[12].
• Piura's local dialing code is recorded as 73^[13].
• 1532 marks the founding of Piura^[14].
• Piura's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -5.200833333333334, 'lon': -80.62527777777778}^[15].
• Piura's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Piura^[16].
• Piura's Commons gallery is recorded as Piura^[17].
• Piura has a population of {'amount': '+473025'}^[18].
• Piura has a population of {'amount': '+377896'}^[19].
• Piura's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[20].
• Piura's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[21].
• Piura's described by source is recorded as The American Cyclopædia^[22].
• Piura's capital of is recorded as Piura Department^[23].
• Piura's capital of is recorded as Piura Province^[24].
• Piura's capital of is recorded as Piura district^[25].
• Piura's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'San Miguel de Piura'}^[26].
• Piura's category for people born here is recorded as Q20023482^[27].

Body

Geography

Piura is in the country of Peru^[4]. Piura is located in Piura Province^[3]. Piura is on the body of water Piura River^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Piura covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+621.2'}^[28]. Piura sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+34'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+473025'}^[18] and {'amount': '+377896'}^[19].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[6] and big city^[7].

History and Context

1532 marks the founding of Piura^[14].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Piura include Universidad Nacional de Piura^[30], a university^[31], in Peru^[32], founded in 1961^[33].

Why It Matters

Piura draws 256 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #623 of 5,534).^[2] Piura has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] Piura is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

Entities named for Piura include Universidad Nacional de Piura^[30], a university^[31], in Peru^[32], founded in 1961^[33].