Official Name: | Puerto Morin |
Pushpin Map: | Peru |
Coordinates: | -8.4033°N -78.896°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | La Libertad Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Virú |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Virú |
Established Title3: | Incorporated (city) |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Roger Cruz Alarcón (2011 - 2014) |
Elevation M: | 4 |
Population As Of: | 2007 |
Timezone: | PET |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Blank1 Name: | Patron |
Puerto Morín is a Peruvian village and a beach located in Virú District, in La Libertad Region. It is located about 45 km south of Trujillo city. Puerto Morín is located within the jurisdiction of the Municipality of Santa Elena, locality of Virú.
The Guañape cove at the end of the nineteenth century, was a beach where people came to fish. It was from the construction of a small dock made by the Frenchman Carlos Marie Morin Dutot with the help of the inhabitants of the place when it acquired its present name of Puerto Morin, Morin Dutot arrived in the country in the 1870s. It is also a starting point to go to Guañape Islands, where there are several species of marine life such as sea lions, birds, etc.[1]