South America
Peru

Ancash

Ancash is a department of Peru. Located in the country's west, it is bordered by the departments of on the north, and on the east, on the south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west.
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  • Type: State with 1,060,000 residents
  • Description: department of Peru
  • Also known as: “Ancachs”, “Áncash Department”, “Ancash Region”, “Departamento Ancash”, “Department of Ancash”, and “Región de Ancash”

Ancash

Latitude
-9.5° or 9° 30′ south
Longitude
-77.75° or 77° 45′ west
Population
1,060,000
Elevation
3,097 metres (10,161 feet)
Open location code
6724G722+22
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1230775088
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
3699674
Wiki­data ID
Q205089
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Ancash” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إقليم أنكاش”
  • Arabic: “انكاش”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة أنكاش”
  • Armenian: “Անկաշ”
  • Aymara: “Ankashu jach’a suyu”
  • Aymara: “Ankashu Jach’a Suyu”
  • Belarusian: “Анкаш”
  • Belarusian: “Рэгіён Анкаш”
  • Bengali: “আনকাশ অঞ্চল”
  • Bosnian: “Ančaš Područje”
  • Bosnian: “Ancash”
  • Bulgarian: “Анкаш”
  • Catalan: “Ancash”
  • Catalan: “Departament d’Ancash”
  • Catalan: “Departamento de Ancash”
  • Catalan: “Regió d’Ancash”
  • Catalan: “Regió de Chavín”
  • Cebuano: “Ancash”
  • Chinese: “Ancash Khu”
  • Chinese: “安卡什区”
  • Chinese: “安卡什大区”
  • Chinese: “安卡什大區”
  • Czech: “Ancash”
  • Czech: “Áncash”
  • Czech: “Ankaš”
  • Czech: “Departement Áncash”
  • Danish: “Ancash”
  • Dutch: “Ancash”
  • Dutch: “Áncash”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اقليم انكاش”
  • Esperanto: “Departemento Ankaŝo”
  • Finnish: “Ancash”
  • Finnish: “Ancashin alue”
  • French: “Ancash”
  • French: “Áncash”
  • French: “Département d’Ancash”
  • French: “Provinces de la Region d’Ancash”
  • French: “Provinces de la région d’ancash”
  • French: “Region d’Ancash”
  • Galician: “Ancash”
  • Georgian: “ანკაში”
  • Georgian: “ანკაშის რეგიონი”
  • Georgian: “ანქაში”
  • German: “Ancash”
  • German: “PE-ANC”
  • German: “Region Ancash”
  • Greek: “Ανκάς”
  • Gujarati: “એન્કેશ પ્રદેશ”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז אנקש”
  • Hindi: “एन्कैश क्षेत्र”
  • Hungarian: “Ancash megye”
  • Hungarian: “Áncash megye”
  • Indonesian: “Ancash Region”
  • Indonesian: “Region Ancash”
  • Italian: “Ancash”
  • Italian: “regione di Ancash”
  • Italian: “Regione di Ancash”
  • Japanese: “アンカシュ県”
  • Kannada: “ಅಂಕಾಶ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Korean: “앙카시주”
  • Ladino: “Ancash”
  • Latin: “Ancash Regio”
  • Latin: “Regio Ancashensis”
  • Latvian: “Ankašas departaments”
  • Lithuanian: “Ankašas”
  • Lithuanian: “Ankašo departamentas”
  • Lithuanian: “Ankašo regionas”
  • Macedonian: “Анкаш”
  • Malay: “Negeri Ancash”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Ancash”
  • Marathi: “अनकॅश प्रदेश”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ancash Khu”
  • Northern Frisian: “Áncash (Department)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Áncash”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ancash-regionen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ancash”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ancash-regionen”
  • Norwegian: “Ancash”
  • Persian: “منطقه انکاش”
  • Persian: “ناحیه انکاش”
  • Polish: “Ancash”
  • Polish: “Region Ancash”
  • Portuguese: “Âncache”
  • Portuguese: “Ancash”
  • Portuguese: “Departamento de Ancash”
  • Quechua: “Anqash suyu”
  • Quechua: “Anqash Suyu”
  • Romanian: “Ancash”
  • Russian: “Анкахс”
  • Russian: “Анкаш”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Áncash”
  • Sinhala: “ආන්කාශ් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව, පේරු”
  • Sinhala: “ආන්කාශ් පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “Ancash”
  • Spanish: “Ancash”
  • Spanish: “Áncash”
  • Spanish: “Departamento de Ancash”
  • Spanish: “Departamento de Áncash”
  • Spanish: “Region de Ancash”
  • Spanish: “Región de Áncash”
  • Swedish: “Ancash”
  • Swedish: “Áncash”
  • Tamil: “அஙகேஷ் பகுதி”
  • Telugu: “అంకాశ్ ప్రాంతం”
  • Thai: “Ancash Region”
  • Thai: “แคว้นอังกัช”
  • Turkish: “Ancash Bölgesi”
  • Turkish: “Áncash Bölgesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Анкаш”
  • Urdu: “انکاش ریجن”
  • Urdu: “انکاش علاقہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Vùng Ancash”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ancash”
  • Western Armenian: “Անքաշ”
  • Western Panjabi: “اینکاش”
  • Wu Chinese: “安卡什大区”
  • “Ancax”

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