Ranrahirca
The 1962 Ranrahirca Landslide was a deadly debris avalanche that affected the Ranrahirca District, alongside the river Santa, near Huascarán, the highest mountain in Peru.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 936 residents
- Description: town in Ancash, Peru
- Also known as: “Rangrairca”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Guitarrero Cave.
Guitarrero Cave
Cave
Photo: Ondando, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Guitarrero Cave is located in the Callejón de Huaylas valley in Yungay Province, in the Ancash region of Peru. The cave stands 50 m above the Santa River and 2,580 m meters above sea level. Guitarrero Cave is situated 4 km south of Ranrahirca.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yungay.
Yungay
Town
Photo: Fmendez46, Public domain.
Yungay, also known as Yungay Nuevo, is a town in the Ancash Region in north central Peru, South America. Yungay is situated 4½ km northwest of Ranrahirca.
Ranrahirca
- Category: locality
- Location: Ranrahirca District, Yungay Province, Ancash, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-9.17324° or 9° 10′ 24″ southLongitude
-77.72288° or 77° 43′ 22″ westPopulation
936Elevation
2,756 metres (9,042 feet)Open location code
6724R7GG+PROpenStreetMap ID
node 3737814331OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3692940Wikidata ID
Q7293432
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Ranrahirca” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Ranrahirca”
- Egyptian Arabic: “رانراهيركا”
- Irish: “Ranrahirca”
- Japanese: “ランライルカ”
- Spanish: “Ranrahirca”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Municipalidad de Ranrahirca and Mercado Municipal.
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