| Official Name: | Barranca |
| Pushpin Map: | Peru |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Lima |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Barranca |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Barranca |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Ricardo Zender (2019-2022) |
| Pop Est As Of: | 2017 |
| Pop Est Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Est: | 58749 |
| Timezone: | PET |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Coordinates: | -10.7541°N -77.761°W |
| Elevation M: | 49 |
| Website: | www.munibarranca.gob.pe |
Barranca is a city in coastal Peru, capital of the Barranca Province in the Department of Lima.[2]
Historically it started out as a small settlement port made up of local fisherman supplying fish alongside the port of Callao. It is, however, the city it is today mostly from its growth during the Republican era in Peru in the late 1890s to the 1930s.[3]
In March 2023, archaeologists from the Jagiellonian University and the National University of San Marcos announced the discovery of the Pre-Columbian temple made of dried bricks with the destroyed human burials near the Barranca. One of the skulls of the male individuals was placed in a 3-meter-long cloth ornamented with zoomorphic representations.[4]