{{Infobox settlement |official_name = Supe Puerto |other_name = |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type = Town <!--For Town or Village (Leave blank for the default City)--> |motto = |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = Bandera de Supe.png |flag_size = |image_seal = Escudo de Supe.png |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |city_logo = |citylogo_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Peru |pushpin_label_position = left |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{PER}} |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Lima |subdivision_type2 = Province |subdivision_name2 = Barranca |subdivision_type3 = District |subdivision_name3 = Supe Puerto |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = |government_type = |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Luis Alberto Sosa Hidalgo <br /><small>(2019-2022)</small> |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 = |established_date = |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 = |area_land = |area_water = |TotalArea_sq_mi = |LandArea_sq_mi = |WaterArea_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban = |UrbanArea_sq_mi = |area_metro = |MetroArea_sq_mi = |population_as_of = 2015 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 28286 |population_density = |population_density_mi2 = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_mi2 = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_mi2 = |timezone = PET |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|10|48|06|S|77|44|37|W|region:PE|display=inline}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = 45 |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code = |website = [http://www.munisupe.gob.pe/ www.munisupe.gob.pe] |footnotes = }}
'''Puerto Supe''', officially known as '''Supe Puerto''' (to distinguish it from the neighboring district of Supe Pueblo, a separate municipality), is a small harbor town located in the province of Barranca, in the Lima Provincias region, on the coast of Peru. It is located approximately 190 km north of Lima, and is part of the Supe Valley.<ref>Municipalidad Distrital de Supe Puerto. [http://www.munisupepuerto.gob.pe Municipalidad Distrital de Supe Puerto]. Retrieved February 28, 2008</ref>
Puerto Supe is known for having one of the oldest archaeological sites in the Americas. The archaeological site of '''El Áspero''' has been dated at over 3000 BCE, and is part of a complex of 20 sites spread throughout the Supe Valley that constitute the oldest known civilization in the Americas: The Norte Chico, or '''Caral-Supe''', civilization.
The town also boasts a lighthouse and a virtually intact, protected beach where the main attraction is a tidal island known as '''Isla del Faraón''' (Pharaoh's Island) that is surrounded by water as the tide rises in the late afternoon (cf. Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy, France). In recent years, however, the sea seems to have receded (or the ground risen), so that the water now forms an island only occasionally, on the highest tides.
== Climate == {{Weather box |metric first = Y |single line = Y |location = Supe |Jan high C = 25.8 |Jan low C = 17.1 |Feb high C = 26.8 |Feb low C = 18 |Mar high C = 26.4 |Mar low C = 17.6 |Apr high C = 25 |Apr low C = 16.4 |May high C = 22.6 |May low C = 14.7 |Jun high C = 21.2 |Jun low C = 13.8 |Jul high C = 20.6 |Jul low C = 13.3 |Aug high C = 20 |Aug low C = 12.7 |Sep high C = 20.2 |Sep low C = 12.7 |Oct high C = 21.1 |Oct low C = 13.2 |Nov high C = 22.6 |Nov low C = 14.2 |Dec high C = 24.4 |Dec low C = 15.2 |year high C = |year low C = |Jan mean C = 21.4 |Feb mean C = 22.4 |Mar mean C = 22 |Apr mean C = 20.7 |May mean C = 18.6 |Jun mean C = 17.5 |Jul mean C = 16.9 |Aug mean C = 16.3 |Sep mean C = 16.4 |Oct mean C = 17.1 |Nov mean C = 18.4 |Dec mean C = 19.8 |year mean C = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 1.0 |Feb precipitation mm = 1.0 |Mar precipitation mm = 0.0 |Apr precipitation mm = 0.0 |May precipitation mm = 1.0 |Jun precipitation mm = 1.0 |Jul precipitation mm = 1.0 |Aug precipitation mm = 1.0 |Sep precipitation mm = 1.0 |Oct precipitation mm = 1.0 |Nov precipitation mm = 0.0 |Dec precipitation mm = 0.0 |year precipitation mm = 0.7 |source 1 = climate-data.org<ref>{{cite web|url=https://es.climate-data.org/location/765125/|title=Clima: Supe|editor=climate-data.org|access-date=August 8, 2017}}</ref> }}
== Gallery == <gallery class="center"> File:Caral-Supe_in_Peru.jpg| File:PeruCaral03.jpg| File:General vidal.jpg| </gallery>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{in lang|es}} [http://www.munisupepuerto.gob.pe Municipal website] * [http://www.pbase.com/beamsclan/supeperu Images from Puerto Supe, Peru]
{{Authority control}} {{Coord|10|48|6|S|77|44|37|W |display=title |region:PE_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}}
Category:Populated places in the Department of Lima Category:Andean preceramic