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Chimbote

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Chim·bo·te  (chm-bt, chm-bt)
A city of western Peru on the Pacific Ocean north-northwest of Lima. It suffered severe earthquake damage in 1970. Population: 320,000.

Chimbote (Spanish) [tʃimˈbote]
n
(Placename) a port in N central Peru: contains Peru's first steelworks (1958), using hydroelectric power from the Santa River. Pop.: 298 800 (1998 est.)


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Occasionally, ships call at the ports of Salaverry (Trujillo) and Chimbote (Ancash), in northern Peru; and at San Martin (Ica) and Matarani (Arequipa) in the south.
Thanks to a sabbatical from teaching and other responsibilities at Catholic Theological Union in the academic year 2002-03, and to a Faculty Fellowship from the Lilly Endowment sponsored through Association of Theological Schools, I was privileged to visit a number of Christian communities in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, as well as in Torreon, Mexico, La Paz and Cochabamba in Bolivia, and Lima and Chimbote in Peru.
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