Chan Chan - (1986) - was the capital city of the Chimú culture (850-1470 AD), the largest earthen architecture city in pre-Columbian America - today the monumental zone comprises around 2.3 mi² (6 km²) in the once 7.7 mi² (20 km²) city of around 50,000+ people, and inside this zone are 9 large rectangular complexes (citadels or palaces) delineated by tall thick earthen walls, which includes temples, dwellings, and storehouses arranged around open spaces, together with reservoirs, and funeral platforms - and around these 9 complexes were 32 semi monumental compounds and 4 production sectors for activities such as weaving, wood, and metal working - agricultural areas and a remnant irrigation system was also part of this vast Chimú city with a once strict political and social strategy - this site was located at the mouth of the Moche River into the Pacific Ocean - today just west of Trujillo city - this image along the eroded earthen adobe brick exterior wall around the Chaiguac complex, today an archaeological site and UNESCO site (1968), situated at about 80 ft (24 m) above sea level and about 1 mi (1.6 km) from the Pacific - and distal to Cerro Cabras peaking at around 2,067 ft (630 m), located along the northern area of Trujillo city - western La Libertad department - northwestern Peru.

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