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{{short description|Archaeological site and modern city in Peru}} {{About||the archaeological site|Nazca Lines|the culture it belonged to|Nazca culture|other uses|Nazca (disambiguation)}} {{More citations needed |date=February 2013 }} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Nazca |other_name = |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |motto = | image_skyline = {{Photomontage | photo1a = Nasca_-_Plaza_de_Armas_-_panoramio.jpg | photo2a = Kousek_od_Nasca_-_panoramio.jpg | photo2b = Ulička_Calao_v_Nasca_-_panoramio.jpg | photo3a = Nasca main square garden.jpg | photo3b = Cantalloc_"cantayo".jpg | photo4a = Los_Paredones,_Nazca,_Perú,_2015-07-29,_DD_29.JPG | photo4b = Líneas de Nazca, Nazca, Perú, 2015-07-29, DD 49.JPG | spacing = 1 | position = center | color_border = white | color = white | size = 260 | foot_montage = }} |imagesize = 250px |image_caption = |image_flag = Bandera_Nazca.png |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Peru |pushpin_label_position = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{PER}} |subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Peru|Region]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Ica Region|Ica]] |subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Peru|Province]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Nazca Province|Nazca]] |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = |government_type = |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Julio Oscar Elías Lucana |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = Founded |established_date = 17 November 1591 |established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> |established_date2 = |established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> |established_date3 = |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |pop_est_as_of =2015 |pop_est_footnotes =<ref>{{cite report |url=http://proyectos.inei.gob.pe/web/biblioineipub/bancopub/Est/Lib1020/cuadros/c0206.xls |title=Perú: Población estimada al 30 de junio y tasa de crecimiento de las ciudades capitales, por departamento, 2011 y 2015 |work=Perú: Estimaciones y proyecciones de población total por sexo de las principales ciudades, 2012-2015 |publisher=Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática |date=March 2012 |access-date=2015-06-03}}</ref> |population_est =39054 |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_note = |settlement_type = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_mi2 = |timezone = |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|14|49|44|S|74|56|37|W|region:PE|display=inline}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use<ref> tags--> |elevation_m = 520 |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Nazca''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|n|ɑː|s|k|ɑː|,_|-|k|ə}}; sometimes spelled '''Nasca'''; possibly from {{langx|qu|nanasqa|4=hurt}}) is a city and system of valleys on the southern coast of [[Peru]]. The city of Nazca is the largest in the [[Nazca Province]]. The name is derived from the [[Nazca culture]], which flourished in the area between 100 BC and AD 800. This culture was responsible for the [[Nazca Lines]] and the ceremonial city of [[Cahuachi]]. They also constructed additional underground [[aqueduct (watercourse)|aqueducts]], named [[puquios]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.academia.edu/32006899 | title=Chapter 27 Puquios and Aqueducts in the Central Andes of South America | work=Underground Aqueducts Handbook | date=2016 | page=465 | last1=Lane | first1=Kevin }}</ref> in a regional system that still functions today. The first puquios are believed to have been built by the preceding [[Paracas culture]]. Nazca is the capital of the Nazca Province located in the [[Ica District]] of the [[Department of Ica|Ica Region]] of Peru.
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