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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name          = Máncora (Manqura)
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| subdivision_name       = Peru
| subdivision_type1      = [[Regions of Peru|Region]]
| subdivision_name1      = [[Department of Piura|Piura]]
| subdivision_type2      = [[Provinces of Peru|Province]]
| subdivision_name2      = [[Talara Province|Máncora]]
| subdivision_type3      = [[Districts of Peru|District]]
| subdivision_name3      = [[Máncora District|Máncora]]
| established_title      = Established
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| leader_title1          = Mayor
| leader_name1           = José Alexander Ramirez Granda <br><small>(2019–2022)</small> 
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| elevation_m            = 3
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'''Máncora''' is a town and [[beach resort]] in the [[Piura Region]], in northwestern [[Peru]]. It is located in the [[Talara Province]] and is capital of the [[Máncora District]]. The town has 10,547 inhabitants (2007).

The [[Pan-American Highway (South America)|Pan-American Highway]] serves as Máncora's main street. The area is known for its turquoise beaches and good waves, making it a [[surfing]] destination. The beach town has over 30 different beach resorts that receive tourists from all over South America. In 2005, 340,000 [[Tourism in Peru|tourists]] visited Mancora.<ref name=Busportal.pe>[https://busportal.pe/blog/2016/12/27/mas-alla-de-mancora-cinco-lugares-que-puedes-conocer-si-la-visitas-fin-de-ano/ Beyond Mancora: five places that can visit and visit the end of the year (In Spanish)] http://busportal.pe/</ref>

==Climate==

Máncora has a warm climate with an average of 29&nbsp;°C. The hot months, which are from November to May, are characterized by light rains at night and a temperature that can easily reach 35&nbsp;°C (February and March). With the occurrence of [[El Niño phenomenon]], it can go up to 40&nbsp;°C. In the rest of the year, the daytime temperature rarely drops below 25 or 26&nbsp;°C, although in winters; from June to September, the nights are cool, windy and the minimum temperature drops to 19&nbsp;°C. Spring (October and November) and autumn (May and June) maintain temperatures ranging between 20&nbsp;°C and 30&nbsp;°C respectively.

The sea temperature in [[Piura]] and [[Tumbes, Peru|Tumbes]] varies. The temperature ranges from 24&nbsp;°C to 26&nbsp;°C during the summer months (from December to May) and the rest of the year between 21&nbsp;°C to 23&nbsp;°C; something that differentiates it from the rest of Peruvian beaches further south of these regions, since these rarely rise above 22&nbsp;°C, even in summer. This is due to the significant influence of the [[Humboldt current]].

==Sports==
Máncora's bay attracts surfers and kite surfers.

==Health== 
In health, it has a health center at Minsa and the Consultorio Médico Flores, Avenida Grau 184, 999455314, which has been operating since January 1990 and is a graduate of the UNMSM in Lima.

==Gallery==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Mancora Beach.JPG|Mancora Beach
File:Main Street in Mancora, Peru.jpg|One of a few bus companies on the main street in Mancora
File:Mancora Municipal Council building.jpg|Town hall in Mancora
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Iperu, tourist information and assistance]]
*[[Tourism in Peru]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051111112351/http://www.munitalara.gob.pe/mancora.html Talara Government description of Mancora]{{in lang|es}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051104044058/http://www.regionpiura.gob.pe/detapiura.php?pagina=talara Piura regional government site]{{in lang|es}}

==External links==
*[https://www.alongdustyroads.com/posts/things-to-do-in-mancora-peru A Traveller's Guide to Mancora]

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[[Category:Populated places in the Department of Piura]]
[[Category:Surfing locations]]
[[Category:Surfing locations in Peru]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in the Department of Piura]]