The largest Pre-Columbian city in South America, Chan Chan is an archaeological site in the Peruvian region of La Libertad, five km west of Trujillo. Chan Chan was added as a UNESCO World Heritage Site on November 28 of 1986.[3] The city is severely threatened by storms from El Niño, which cause heavy rains and flooding on the Peruvian coast. The adobe city of Chan Chan, the largest in the world, was built around AD 850 and lasted until its conquest by the Inca Empire in AD 1470. It was the imperial capital where 30,000 people lived.
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