Chicle is native to Northern Central America and Southern Mexico. The name
appears to be either Náhatl or Mayan in origin.

Chiclayo is not in a gum producing area.

"Maximus" wrote in message
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Hi
I know chicle is grown in south and central america, so I was curious if
the
name of the peruvian city of Chiclayos was related to chicle -
specifically,
if the town was named after people who harvest chicle which used to be
used
ion chewing gum if I am not mistaken.

I got part of an answer on google:

http://www.bmts.com/~dibaudjimoh/page20.html

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