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Mancora
Mancora is a town and beach resort in the Piura Region, in northwestern
Peru. It is located in the Talara Province and is capital of the Mancora
District. The town has 8,852 inhabitants (1999).
The Pan-American Highway serves Mancora's main street. The area is known
for its attractive turquise beaches and good waves making it a surfing
destination. The location of this beach is favoured by two ocean
currents year round: the cold Humboldt Current 14 to 19 C° and the warm
Niño Current 21 to 27 C°, giving it a tropical-dry climate with ocean
waters averaging around 24 C°.
Summers go from December to April and are very hot, rainy days during
the night are usual and the temperature can reach over the 38 °C. The
rest of the seasons are blessed with dry weather, a nice refreshing
breeze, tropical sun and sunny days that remain. The temperature during
winter and spring it never falls bellow the 25 C° (usually around the
high 20´s) during the daytime and a cool 17 C° mark during night time.
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