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Sexi District

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Country
  
Peru

Founded
  
September 18, 1942

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Area
  
192.9 kmĀ²

UBIGEO
  
61309

Region
  
Cajamarca

Capital
  
Sexi

Elevation
  
2,495 m

Province
  
Santa Cruz Province, Peru

Sexi District is one of eleven districts of the province Santa Cruz in northern Peru. Chiclayo is the nearest metropolitan center to the east of Sexi, from which one may travel by car or bus to the district.

The small town of Sexi is located in this district. The town is situated near a petrified forest, El Bosque Petrificado Piedra Chamana (The Petrified Forest Piedra Chamana). The fossils that are there date to the Eocene epoch (~39 Ma), and the forest contains fossilized wood and leaves. Guided tours of the petrified forest are available and there is a museum dedicated to the fossils in the town.

References

Sexi District Wikipedia