Nazca (sometimes spelled Nasca) is the name
of a system of valleys on the southern coast of Peru, and the
name of the region's largest existing town in the Nazca Province.
It is also the name applied to the Nazca culture that flourished
in the area between 300 BC and AD 800. They were responsible for
the Nazca Lines and the ceremonial city of Cahuachi; they also
constructed an impressive system of underground aqueducts named
Puquios, that still function today.
On 12 November 1996 at 11:59 a.m. local time (16:59 GMT time) a
heavy earthquake of 6.4 (the center of the earthquake was 7.7 in
the sea) destroyed the city of Nasca and its surroundings almost
completely. Because it occurred during the day there were only
17 fatalities, but 1,500 people were injured and around 100,000
left homeless. Almost all old houses in bricks were destroyed,
but within 12 years Nasca has been completely rebuilt in colored
houses with columns, now often multi-stored houses, with a small
boulevard in the center.
Since 1997, Nazca has been the location of a major Canadian gold
mining operation. The people who were living on the land for the
previous 2000 years did not have title to the land, so they were
displaced without legal problems. Since then, there have been
some attempts to legalize poor citizens' ownership of their land
and their fixed property, in response to Hernando de Soto's
research on the poor.[original research?]
The climate of Nazca is just like the Climate of Cusco. It is
cold during the winter months starting in June and in the Summer
it is warmer.
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