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Chato, Peru

Coordinates: 05°20′42″S 080°39′37″W / 5.34500°S 80.66028°W / -5.34500; -80.66028
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Chato [1] is a small town in Cura Mori District in the province of Piura in Peru.[2] The town lies on banks of the Piura River.

The town periodically suffers significant flooding,[3] most recently in 2017.[4][5]

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  1. ^ Chato (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. ^ The Cura Mori District was created by Law No. 15434 of 19 February 1965, initially consisting of the towns of Cucungará as capital (renamed now as Cura Morí), Pozo de los Ramos, Chato Grande, Chato Chico, Pueblo Nuevo, Buenos Aires, Santa Rosa, Fundo Casaraná, Vega Monteverde, La Para and the town of Chato. "Ley No. 15434" (PDF). Archivo Digital de la Legislación del Perú (in Spanish). Departamento de Investigación y Documentación Parlamentaria, Congreso de la República.
  3. ^ Salas, Francis; Solari, Giannina; Mejia, Doris. "Flooding in Piura River Basin [Inundaciones in la Cuenca del Río Piura]". Archived from the original on 3 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Presentan Estudio de riesgos de Cura Mori, a dos años de El Niño costero" (in Spanish). 26 March 2019. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020.
  5. ^ See responses in Municipalidad Distrital de Cura Mori (July 2018). Plan de Prevención y Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres 2019-2021 (PDF) (in Spanish). and Municipalidad Distrital de Cura Mori (July 2020). Plan de Prevención y Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres 2020-2022 (PDF) (in Spanish).


05°20′42″S 080°39′37″W / 5.34500°S 80.66028°W / -5.34500; -80.66028