Huamachuco

Huamachuco is a town in northern and capital of the province of Sánchez Carrión in La Libertad Region. The city is the seat of the Territorial Prelature of Huamachuco. lies to the northeast.
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  • Type: Town with 41,600 residents
  • Description: capital city of Sánchez Carrión, La Libertad, Peru
  • Also known as: “Huamachuco distritu” and “ウアマチュコ”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Huamachuco Airport.

Aerodrome
is an airport serving Huamachuco, in the La Libertad Region of .

Huamachuco

Latitude
-7.81547° or 7° 48′ 56″ south
Longitude
-78.04871° or 78° 2′ 55″ west
Population
41,600
Elevation
3,341 metres (10,961 feet)
Open location code
67435XM2+RG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1910490675
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3696509
Wiki­data ID
Q1632770
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Huamachuco” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هواماتشوكو”
  • Armenian: “Հուամաչուկո”
  • Asturian: “Huamachuco”
  • Belarusian: “Уамачука”
  • Cebuano: “Huamachuco (kapital sa distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Huamachuco”
  • Chinese: “瓦馬丘科”
  • Chinese: “瓦马丘科”
  • Dutch: “Huamachuco”
  • Esperanto: “Huamaĉuko”
  • French: “Huamachuco”
  • German: “Huamachuco”
  • Greek: “Ουαματσούκο”
  • Italian: “Huamachuco”
  • Japanese: “ワマチューコ”
  • Persian: “اواماچوکو”
  • Portuguese: “Huamachuco”
  • Quechua: “Wamachuku”
  • Russian: “Уамачуко”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Huamachuco (grad)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Huamachuco”
  • Spanish: “Huamachuco”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Huamachuco”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Cruz de Bendición and Chochoconda.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Plaza de Armas Huamachuco and Teatro Municipal de Huamachuco.

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