South America
Peru
Ancash

Huaraz Province

Huaraz is one of twenty provinces of the Ancash Region in . It was created on August 5, 1857, during the presidency of Ramón Castilla. Geographically, the province is located over the Callejón de Huaylas and the western slopes of the .
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  • Type: Region with 164,000 residents
  • Description: province of Ancash department, Peru
  • Also known as: “Huaras”, “Huaraz province”, “Province of Huaraz”, and “Provincia de Huarás”

Huaraz Province

Latitude
-9.5252° or 9° 31′ 31″ south
Longitude
-77.6574° or 77° 39′ 27″ west
Population
164,000
Elevation
4,005 metres (13,140 feet)
Open location code
6724F8FV+W2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6488241317
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
Geo­Names ID
3696377
Wiki­data ID
Q1140995
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In Other Languages

From Aymara to Welsh—“Huaraz Province” goes by many names.
  • Aymara: “Waras jisk’a suyu”
  • Basque: “Huaraz probintzia”
  • Catalan: “Huaraz”
  • Catalan: “província de Huaraz”
  • Cebuano: “Provincia de Huaraz”
  • Chinese: “Huaraz Séng”
  • Chinese: “瓦拉斯省”
  • Dutch: “Huaraz”
  • French: “Huaraz”
  • French: “province de Huaraz”
  • French: “Province de Huaraz”
  • Georgian: “უარასი”
  • Georgian: “უარასის პროვინცია”
  • German: “Huaraz”
  • German: “Provinz Huaraz”
  • Italian: “provincia di Huaraz”
  • Italian: “Provincia di Huaraz”
  • Japanese: “ワラス郡”
  • Lithuanian: “Huaraso provincija”
  • Lithuanian: “Uaraso provincija”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Huaraz Séng”
  • Mingrelian: “უარასი”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Huaraz”
  • Norwegian: “Huaraz”
  • Persian: “استان اوئاراز”
  • Polish: “Huaraz”
  • Portuguese: “Huaraz”
  • Portuguese: “Província de huaraz”
  • Quechua: “Waras pruwinsya”
  • Quechua: “Waras puruwinsiya”
  • Romanian: “Huaraz (provincie)”
  • Romanian: “Huaraz”
  • Russian: “Уарас”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Huaraz”
  • Vietnamese: “Huaraz”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Huaraz”
  • Welsh: “Talaith Huaraz”

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