Huaca Rajada
Huaca Rajada, also known as Sipán, is a Moche archaeological site in northern Peru in the Lambayeque Valley, that is famous for the tomb of Lord of Sipán, excavated by Walter Alva and his wife Susana Meneses beginning in 1987.
- Village with about 1,160 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 90 metres (300 feet)
- Description: archaeological site in northern Peru
- Also known as“Huaca Rajada-Sipán”“Sipán”“Sipan Hacienda”
Places of Interest
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Huaca Rajada
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Latitude
-6.81022° or 6° 48′ 37″ south
Longitude
-79.60328° or 79° 36′ 12″ west
Open location code
675259QW+WM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = village
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Huaca Rajada” goes by many names.
西潘Chinese
SipánDutch
Huaca RajadaGalician
სიპანიGeorgian
ואקה רחאדהHebrew
वाका राख़ादाHindi
सिपानHindi
SipánItalian
シパンJapanese
СипанMacedonian
SipánNorwegian Nynorsk
SipánPolish
SipánQuechua
SipánSlovenian
SipánSwedish
СіпанUkrainian
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