Vilcashuamán
Vilcashuamán or Vilcasguaman is the capital of Vilcas Huamán Province, Ayacucho region, Peru. It is located at an altitude of 3,490 m on the eastern slopes of the Andes.
- Type: Town with 2,580 residents
- Description: capital of Vilcas Huamán Province, Peru
- Also known as: “Vitcashumán”, “Wilkaswaman”, and “Willkaswaman”
Vilcashuamán
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Vilcas Huamán District, Vilcas Huamán Province, Ayacucho, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-13.65306° or 13° 39′ 11″ south
Longitude
-73.95384° or 73° 57′ 14″ west
Population
2,580
Elevation
3,482 metres (11,424 feet)
Open location code
57R882WW+QF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Waray—“Vilcashuamán” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Vilcashuamán”
- Chinese: “比尔卡舒瓦曼”
- Chinese: “比爾卡舒瓦曼”
- Dutch: “Vilcashuamán”
- French: “Vilcashuaman”
- Georgian: “ვილკასუამანი”
- Hebrew: “וילקשוואמן”
- Italian: “Vilcas Huamán”
- Japanese: “ビルカスウアマン”
- Lithuanian: “Vilcas Huaman”
- Lithuanian: “Vilkashuamanas”
- Lithuanian: “Vilkasuamanas”
- Persian: “ویلکاشوامان”
- Polish: “Vilcas Huamán”
- Portuguese: “Vilcashuamán”
- Quechua: “Willkawaman”
- Russian: “Вилькасуаман”
- Spanish: “Vilcashuamán”
- Ukrainian: “Вількасуаман”
- Waray (Philippines): “Vilcashuamán”
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Highlights: Plaza de Armas de Vilcashuamán and Piedra del Sacrificio.
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