Yungay Province

Yungay is one of twenty provinces of the Ancash Region in . Yungay Province has an elevation of 2,481 metres.
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Photo: Renzocj, Public domain.
  • Type: province of Peru with 59,200 residents
  • Description: province of Ancash, Peru
  • Also known as: “Yungay province”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Guitarrero Cave.

Cave
Photo: Ondando, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is located in the Callejón de Huaylas valley in Yungay Province, in the Ancash region of . The cave stands 50 m above the Santa River and 2,580 m meters above sea level.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yungay and 1962 Ranrahirca Landslide.

Town
Photo: Fmendez46, Public domain.
, also known as Nuevo, is a town in the Ancash Region in north central , . is situated 6 km north of Yungay Province.

Village
The was a deadly debris avalanche that affected the , alongside the river Santa, near , the highest mountain in Peru.

Yungay Province

Latitude
-9.189° or 9° 11′ 20″ south
Longitude
-77.733° or 77° 43′ 59″ west
Population
59,200
Elevation
2,481 metres (8,140 feet)
Open location code
6724R768+CR
Geo­Names ID
3690672
Wiki­data ID
Q1798739
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Satellite Map

Discover Yungay Province from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Aymara to Welsh—“Yungay Province” goes by many names.
  • Aymara: “Yunkay jisk’a suyu”
  • Basque: “Yungay”
  • Catalan: “província de Yungay”
  • Catalan: “Yungay”
  • Cebuano: “Provincia de Yungay”
  • Chinese: “Yungay Séng”
  • Chinese: “永蓋省”
  • Dutch: “Yungay”
  • French: “province de Yungay”
  • French: “Province de Yungay”
  • French: “Yungay”
  • Georgian: “იუნგაის პროვინცია”
  • Georgian: “ჯუნგაი”
  • German: “Provinz Yungay”
  • Italian: “provincia di Yungay”
  • Italian: “Provincia di Yungay”
  • Lithuanian: “Jungajaus provincija”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Yungay Séng”
  • Mingrelian: “ჯუნგაი”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yungay”
  • Norwegian: “Yungay”
  • Persian: “استان یونگای”
  • Polish: “Yungay”
  • Portuguese: “Província de Yungay”
  • Portuguese: “Yungay”
  • Quechua: “Yunkay pruwinsya”
  • Romanian: “Yungay (provincie)”
  • Romanian: “Yungay”
  • Russian: “Юнгай”
  • Spanish: “provincia de Yungay”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Yungay”
  • Spanish: “Yungay”
  • Urdu: “ینگے علاقہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Yungay”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Yungay”
  • Welsh: “Talaith Yungay”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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