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Piura Travel: Piura is the capital city of the
region of Piura in Peru.
It was here that Spanish Conqueror Francisco Pizarro founded the
first Spanish city in South America, San Miguel de Piura, in 1532.
Piura declared its indepedence on January 4, 1821.
Like most of northern Peru, the territory of Piura had been
inhabited by their autochthonous group of natives called tallanes
(caribean origin) and yungas. These lived without an organization or
single leader to rule until the Mochicas eventually took control and
the mixture of these evolved into the Vicus Culure. Centuries later,
Piura came under the rule of Tupac Inca Yupanqui, at least for
around 40 years and before the Spanish arrived.
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