Ica travel, Peru

ICA

 The city of Ica Ica is located on the southern coast of Peru . It is an oasis amidst the desert plains of Peru . Ica is an area of ​​great historical past, whose first inhabitants date back to 10,000 years old , saw the growth cultures as Paracas, Wari , Nazca and Ica .

LOCATION :
Ica is located in the central coast of Peru .

TOPOGRAPHY :
Its landscape is quite rugged, with small land elevations limiting vast plains and desert sand shoals and rocks.

CLIMATE:
Its climate is hot and dry with an average temperature of 27 degrees Celsius in summer

ALTITUDE :
406 m Ica City
Minimum 2 asl . ( Paracas) .
Maximum 3796 m. (San Pedro de Huacarpana ) .

DISTANCES TO ICA

From Lima 325 km / 202 miles / 04 hours .
From Paracas 75 km / 46.6 miles / 01 Hour .
From Nazca 135 km / 84 miles / 02 hours .

HOW TO GET TO ICA

terrestrial
Lima -Ica : 325 km on the Panamerican Highway South (4 hours by car) .

History of ICA

Traces of its early inhabitants can be traced to 6800 BC in the pampas of Santo Domingo, it was horticulturists who lived in huts built with sticks and straw and were devoted to fishing and other activities. In the same pampas , that now make up part of the Paracas National Reserve , archaeologist Julio C. Tello discovered ancient cemeteries of the Paracas culture. Careful embalming mummies and fine coats that protected , discovered a village of weavers and true masters in highly advanced medical techniques such as cranial trepanation and deformations .

At followed the Nazca Paracas ( 200 AD -800 AD) , who dominated astronomy and plotted on the pampas a stunning agricultural calendar , known as the " Nazca Lines " . In its effort to increase the productivity of their land built underground aqueducts still used .

It is said that during the rule of the Inca Pachacutec , the region became part of the Tawantinsuyu and was constructed as shown Tacaraca Inca power , an administrative center and religious very important on the south coast .

The Spanish conquistador Nicolás de Ribera " Old " received the parcel in lower valley having to face the rebellious attitude of the chiefs of the area. Later in 1563 , Viceroy Conde de Nieva ordered Captain Jerónimo de Cabrera set the Villa de Valverde , who from 1640 became called Ica.

In Ica land exactly in Paracas, the Liberator San Martin landed to begin his independence campaign in Peru. Ica, created as a department in 1866 , with the Republic maintained its agricultural tradition, especially linked to the production of vine. At the same time, the massive extraction of guano from the Chincha Islands began , reaching its peak in the mid- nineteenth .

Today, its economy is based on agriculture , tourism and a thriving wine industry and production of pisco grape brandy native Peru .

FOLKLORE

In Ica own traditions coastal Peru , Peruvian Paso horses , cockfights and especially Afro-Peruvian music develops preserved. Ica preserves the tradition of Peruvian dances of African origin and the celebration and alcatraz . Besides the practice of traditional medicine remains .

Source:http://www.turismoperu.com/ica