Zorritos is a town in the Tumbes Region

Tumbes Region

Tumbes is a coastal region in northwestern Peru and southwestern Ecuador. Due to the region's location near the Equator it has a warm climate, with beaches that are considered among the finest in Peru...

, in northwestern Peru

Peru

Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

. It has a population of 6,605 (1999) and is the capital of the Contralmirante Villar Province

Contralmirante Villar Province

Contralmirante Villar is a province of the Tumbes Region in Peru. Its capital is the town of Zorritos.The Cerros de Amotape National Park is located in this province, which is the largest in the Tumbes Region.-Boundaries:* North: Pacific Ocean...

. It is also the main settlement in the Zorritos District

Zorritos District

Zorritos District is one of the three districts of the province Contralmirante Villar in Peru.-References:...

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Located 28 km south of Tumbes (the regional capital), Zorritos used to be a favourite beach resort for the Tumbes aristocracy

Aristocracy

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, thanks to the petroleum

Petroleum

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-related activities in the area.

Many beaches are located in the area, where metal leftovers of the old marine perforation platforms can still be seen. Today, these beaches are frequented by the tumbesino youth. The city has several small hotels and seafood

Seafood

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 restaurants. Zorritos is close to the Cerros de Amotape National Park

Cerros de Amotape National Park

The Amotape Hills National Park is located around the Amotape District, in the northern section of the Piura Region and the extreme southern section of the Tumbes Region in Peru. It is the best well kept example of equatorial dry forests in the whole Pacific region...

 and to the Hervideros hot spring

Hot spring

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