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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  • Type: province of Peru with 50,800 residents
  • Description: province of Ancash, Peru
  • Also known as: Yungay province

Places of Interest

Highlights include Guitarrero Cave.

Cave
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 Ranrahirca.

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 1962 Landslide 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
50,800
Elevation
2,481 metres (8,140 feet)
Open location code
6724R768+CR
Geo­Names ID
3690672
Wiki­data ID
Q1798739
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Satellite Map

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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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