Chulucanas
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|official_name = Chulucanas
|other_name = Chulucana
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|subdivision_type1 = Region
|subdivision_name1 = Piura Region
|subdivision_type2 = Province
|subdivision_name2 = Morropón
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|subdivision_name3 = Chulucanas
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|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Nelson Mio Reyes
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|population_est =57380
|population_as_of = 2017
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Chulucanas is a town in Morropón Province, Piura Region, Peru.{{GEOnet2|32FA8847212D3774E0440003BA962ED3|Chulucanas (Approved - N) }}, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency It lies in the Piura Valley just north of the confluence of the Charanal River{{GEOnet2|32FA884728943774E0440003BA962ED3|Río Charanal (Approved - N)}}, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency with the Piura River.{{Cite map|title=Piura, Peru, SB 17-07, |scale=1:250,000|series=Joint Operations Graphic, Series 1501 Air|year=1994|edition=second |publisher=United States Armay Topographic Command |url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/jog/latin_america/txu-oclc-224300691-sb17-07.jpg}} Chulucanas is the administrative seat for both Chulucanas District and Morropón Province.
The town is famous for its pottery. Originally dating from pre-Incan times, it is exported all over the world today.{{Cite web|author=Carmen, Jim |title=Alejandro Suyon and the Making of Chulucanas Pottery |work=eBay Guides|date=26 November 2007 |url=http://reviews.ebay.com/Alejandro-Suyon-and-the-Making-of-Chulucanas-Pottery_W0QQugidZ10000000004684876 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140526084516/http://www.ebay.com/gds/Alejandro-Suyon-and-the-Making-of-Chulucanas-Pottery-/10000000004684876/g.html |archivedate=26 May 2014|url-status=live}} It is one of seven products that the Peruvian government supports through its Center for Technological Innovation (CITE).{{Cite web |author=Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo (MINCETUR) |date=June 2007 |title=Plan de desarrollo del mercado de Estados Unidos de América |pages=348–349 |url=http://www.dirceturcusco.gob.pe/pdfs/poms/POM_Estados_Unidos.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405163610/http://www.dirceturcusco.gob.pe/pdfs/poms/POM_Estados_Unidos.pdf |archivedate=5 April 2015 |url-status=dead |access-date=5 April 2015 }} Designs are varied, but are predominated by black and white. There are several bigger companies, but many small manufacturers are in Chulucanas and the nearby village of Quatro Esquinas.
A major festival for the town is the Fiesta de Cristo Resucitado at Easter.{{Cite news |title=Chulucanas vive la fiesta de Cristo Resucitado |date=5 April 2015 |newspaper=Chulucanas Noticias |url=http://chulucanasnoticias.com/chulucanas-vive-la-fiesta-de-cristo-resucitado/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150408231004/http://chulucanasnoticias.com/chulucanas-vive-la-fiesta-de-cristo-resucitado/ |archivedate=8 April 2015 |url-status=usurped |access-date=8 April 2015 }}
Operating in Chulucanas is Victor's Vision, a nonprofit organization that provides supplemental academic and personal support, guidance, and resources to bright, impoverished youth.{{Cite web|title=Victor's Vision: Our Story|publisher=Victor's Vision|url=http://victorsvision.org/our_story.html|access-date=5 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419065856/http://www.victorsvision.org/our_story.html|archive-date=19 April 2017|url-status=dead}}
In 2013, Chulucanas recorded a temperature of {{convert|39.8|C|F|abbr=on}}, which is the joint highest temperature to have ever been recorded in Peru along with the Lancones District.{{Cite web|last=PERU21|first=NOTICIAS|date=2019-01-26|title=Récords de calor en el norte {{!}} OPINION|url=https://peru21.pe/opinion/records-calor-norte-455686-noticia/|access-date=2022-01-25|website=Peru21|language=es}}
Ceramics production
The region of Chulucanas – in the province of Morropón – produces a type of ceramic officially labeled with the appellation of origin Chulucanas.
The main natural components of Chulucanas pottery are clay, sand, mango leaves, and the climate. For the elaboration of Chulucanas ceramics, the clay is extracted from certain quarries containing mainly yellow clay (arcilla amarilla) and black clay (arcilla negra). These particular types of clay contain divided particles that characterize not only their plasticity, but also their organic content of iron oxide and organic waste. The type of clay is also responsible for giving brightness to the ceramic when it is burnished.
The artisans of Chulucanas use distinctive ancestral techniques from ancient cultures such as the Vicús and the Tallán. Before completion, each ceramic piece will undergo a dozen steps. The artisans mold the raw clay with their hands and feet, then use wooden pallets and stones to shape it better. The first colors, derived from natural sources such as leaves and soil pigment, are added. Then the pieces are placed in an oven and submerged for hours in the smoke of burning mango leaves, which gives Chulucanas pottery its characteristic black color. To complete the piece, the ceramic is polished by hand with a black stone to give it a brilliant shine.
In 2006, the Asociación de Ceramistas Vicús, the Asociación Civil de Ceramistas Tierra Encantada, and the CITE Cerámica de Chulucanas filed a request for the appellation of origin Chulucana, which was registered in 2008.{{Cite web |last= |title=Geographical Indications: An Introduction, 2nd edition |url=https://www.wipo.int/publications/en/details.jsp?id=4562 |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=www.wipo.int |page=10 |language=en}}
Climate
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|location = Chulucanas, elevation {{convert|89|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020)
|Jan high C = 34.1
|Feb high C = 33.8
|Mar high C = 33.6
|Apr high C = 33.3
|May high C = 32.1
|Jun high C = 30.5
|Jul high C = 30.6
|Aug high C = 31.6
|Sep high C = 32.9
|Oct high C = 33.2
|Nov high C = 33.4
|Dec high C = 33.7
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|Jan low C = 21.2
|Feb low C = 22.2
|Mar low C = 21.9
|Apr low C = 20.7
|May low C = 18.8
|Jun low C = 17.5
|Jul low C = 16.5
|Aug low C = 16.0
|Sep low C = 16.2
|Oct low C = 16.9
|Nov low C = 17.6
|Dec low C = 19.3
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|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 20.9
|Feb precipitation mm = 89.4
|Mar precipitation mm = 128.7
|Apr precipitation mm = 44.0
|May precipitation mm = 2.8
|Jun precipitation mm = 0.8
|Jul precipitation mm = 0.2
|Aug precipitation mm = 0.1
|Sep precipitation mm = 0.2
|Oct precipitation mm = 1.9
|Nov precipitation mm = 2.4
|Dec precipitation mm = 3.7
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|source 1 = National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230821192714/https://www.senamhi.gob.pe/?p=normales-estaciones
| archive-date = 21 August 2023
| url = https://www.senamhi.gob.pe/?p=normales-estaciones
| title = Normales Climáticas Estándares y Medias 1991-2020
| publisher=National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru
| access-date = 17 June 2024}}
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