Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Chan Chan Archaeological Zone' has mentioned 'City' in the following places:
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The archaeological site covers an area of approximately 20 square kilometers, being considered the largest adobe city in the Americas and the second in the world. | WIKI |
The city has ten walled ciudadelas which housed ceremonial rooms, burial chambers, temples, reservoirs and residences for the Chimxc3xba kings. | WIKI |
Originally the city relied on wells that were around 15 meters deep. | WIKI |
[15] To increase the farmland surrounding the city, a vast network of canals diverting water from the Moche river were created. | WIKI |
[16] Once these canals were in place, the city had the potential to grow substantially. | WIKI |
[17][18] In particular, the city is severely threatened by storms from El Nixc3xb1o, which causes increased precipitation and flooding on the Peruvian coast. | WIKI |
[7] Chan Chan is the largest mud city in the world, and its fragile material is cause for concern. | WIKI |
Its capital Chan Chan, located in the once fertile river valley of Moche or Santa Catalina, was the largest earthen architecture city in pre-Columbian America. | UNESCO |
The remains of this vast city reflect in their layout a strict political and social strategy, emphasized by their division into nine 'citadels' or 'palaces' forming independent units. | UNESCO |
The Outstanding Universal Value of Chan Chan resides in the extensive, hierarchically planned remains of this huge city, including remnants of the industrial, agricultural and water management systems that sustained it. | UNESCO |
The monumental zone of around six square kilometres in the centre of the once twenty square kilometre city, comprises nine large rectangular complexes (xe2x80x98citadelsxe2x80x99 or xe2x80x98palacesxe2x80x99) delineated by high thick earthen walls. | UNESCO |
Extensive agricultural areas and a remnant irrigation system have been found further to the north, east and west of the city. | UNESCO |
Chan Chan retains all the elements that carry its Outstanding Universal Value over an area of fourteen square kilometers, which although less than the original area of the city, contains representative features of the architectural units, ceremonial roads, temples and agricultural units that convey the propertyxe2x80x99s significance. | UNESCO |
The earthen construction of the city, as well as environmental conditions, including extreme climatic conditions caused by El Nixc3xb1o phenomenon, renders the archaeological site susceptible to decay and deterioration. | UNESCO |