Nazca 267561 204216196 2008-04-08T14:11:10Z ESkog 88149 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/196.12.12.65|196.12.12.65]] ([[User talk:196.12.12.65|talk]]) to last version by Classical geographer {{dablink|For the [[tectonic plate]], see [[Nazca Plate]]. For the archaeological site, see [[Nazca Lines]]. For the culture it belonged to, see [[Nazca culture]]. For other uses of Nazca, see [[Nazca (disambiguation)]].}} [[Image:Plaza de armas Nasca-Peru.jpg|thumb|Plaza de armas, town of Nazca]] '''Nazca''' (sometimes spelled Nasca) is the name of a system of valleys on the southern coast of [[Peru]], and the name of the region's largest existing town. It is also the name applied to the [[Nazca culture]] that flourished in the area between [[300 BC]] and [[800|AD 800]]. They were responsible for the [[Nazca Lines]] and the ceremonial city of [[Cahuachi]]; they also constructed an impressive system of underground [[aqueducts]] that still function today. The town of Nazca has recently been dumping its trash on the pampa, destroying some of the Nazca lines in the process. {{Fact|date=October 2007}} Under President [[Alberto Fujimori|Alberto Ken'ya Fujimori]]'s rule, Nazca received money to turn the irrigation canals into tourist attractions. President [[Alejandro Toledo]], whose partner is an [[anthropology|anthropologist]], stopped the aid. Since [[1997]], Nazca has been the location of a major [[Canada|Canadian]] [[gold mining]] operation. The people who were living on the land for the previous 2000 years did not have [[title (property)|title]] to the land so they were displaced without legal problems. Since then there have been some attempts to legalize poor citizens' ownership of their land and their fixed property, in response to [[Hernando de Soto (economist)|Hernando de Soto's]] research on the poor. {{Commons|Nazca|Nazca}} {{Peru-geo-stub}} {{coor title dms|14|49|44|S|74|56|37|W|region:PE_type:city(23000)}} [[Category:Archaeological sites in Peru]] [[bg:Наска]] [[de:Nazca (Stadt)]] [[es:Provincia de Nazca]] [[eo:Nazca]] [[fr:Province de Nazca]] [[it:Nazca]] [[nn:Nazca]] [[pl:Płaskowyż Nazca]] [[pt:Placa de Nazca]] [[qu:Naska llaqta]] [[ru:Наска]] [[sk:Nazca (mesto)]] [[fi:Nasca]] [[sv:Nasca]]