La Libertad
Sánchez Carrión Province
Huamachuco District

Huamachuco

Huamachuco is a town in northern and capital of the province 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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Places of Interest

Highlights include Viracochapampa and Huamachuco Airport.

Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
, Huiracochapampa, or Wiracochapampa is an archaeological site with the remains of a building complex of ancient Peru of pre-Inca times. It was one of the administrative centers of the Wari culture. is situated 3 km north of Huamachuco.

Aerodrome
is an airport serving Huamachuco, in the La Libertad Region of . The very high elevation runway has mountainous terrain in all quadrants.

Huamachuco

Latitude
-7.81547° or 7° 48′ 56″ south
Longitude
-78.04871° or 78° 2′ 55″ west
Population
21,800
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: “ウアマチュコ”
  • Japanese: “ワマチューコ”
  • Persian: “اواماچوکو”
  • Portuguese: “Huamachuco”
  • Quechua: “Huamachuco distritu”
  • Quechua: “Huamachuco”
  • Quechua: “Wamachuku”
  • Russian: “Уамачуко”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Huamachuco (grad)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Huamachuco”
  • Spanish: “Huamachuco”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Huamachuco”

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Notable Places Nearby

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

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