DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA

Ica was considered the center where the major pre-Inca civilizations Nasca (300 BC) and Paracas (700 BC) developed.

Paracas men practiced trephinations in life, with obsidian knives, and reached a great development in textile art.

For its part, the Nasca culture noted for his remarkable knowledge of hydraulic engineering, building aqueducts and underground channels reinforced with stone interior walls and ceilings huarango.

Ica is known as the region of sand and sea, oases and valleys. In addition to pisco, wine and devotions, as the Lord of Lauren or the Shrine of Yauca.

LOCATION:

It is a coastal department, is part of Cordillera de los Andes. For its strategic location is a gateway to the coast of the production departments of Ayacucho, Cusco and Huancavelica

Limits:

* North      à Lima
* South       à Arequipa
* East         àwith the departments of Huancavelica and Ayacucho  
* West        à The Pacific Ocean

Number of provinces: 5

Number of districts: 43

Weather: warm and dry during the day. An average annual temperature of  22 ° C

GEOGRAPHY:
Provinces:

Ica, Chincha, Nazca, Palca, Pisco

Islands:

San Gallan (9.32 km ²)

Ballestas islands north, central and southern island of La Vieja (Independence) (11 km ²)

Chincha islands northern, central and south island N (Cove San Fernando), island Ñ ( numbers 1-2-3), Infiernillo island, island "or" island "P" (Punta Olleros), Isla Santa Rosita and Santa Rosa Island (0.28 km ²).

Gaps:

Huacachina in the province of Ica and Moron in the province of Pisco.

Seaports:

General San Martin and San Nicolas in San Juan de Marcona.

Wetlands:

Wetlands of Casalla and Pisco in the province of Pisco.

 

TRANSPORT SERVICE:

Is well served by the Panamericana Highway.

The route Lima - Ica (300 km) on the South Panamericana Highway for a period of 4 h approx. car.

Panamericana Sur highway crosses the 5 provinces that equally, in the province of Nasca will the Inter-Oceanic Corridor between Peru and Brazil coming to the port of Marcona.

For the province of Pisco have the road or via Los Libertadores, which connects the department directly with the central highlands and south-central Peru.

Aviation infrastructure also has important as the future international airport of Pisco and Ica and Nasca airfields Neumann Maria Reiche

International Airport      : in Pisco

Ports        : Pisco, Paracas General San Martin,  San Nicolas and San Juan in Marcona and the inlet of Tambo de Mora in Chincha.