Chicama is a town in northern Peru and the capital of the Chicama District in Ascope Province, within the La Libertad region. It lies in the agricultural Chicama Valley, beside the Pan-American Highway, roughly 33 kilometres north of the city of Trujillo.
The town's setting in the Chicama Valley places it within one of Peru's northern coastal agricultural areas, and its position along the Pan-American Highway connects it to Trujillo and the wider region.