Quinua
Quinua is a small town in Quinua District in the province of Huamanga, in Peru's central highland department of Ayacucho, 37 km from the city of Huamanga, at an altitude of 3,300 meters, which today serves as the administrative capital of the district of the same name.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town
- Description: village in Ayacucho, Peru
- Also known as: “Comunidad de Quinua” and “Quinua, Peru”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pampa de Ayacucho Historic Sanctuary.
Pampa de Ayacucho Historic Sanctuary
Photo: Mythbuster, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Pampas de Ayacucho Historic Sanctuary is located near the town of Quinua in the region of Ayacucho. It has an area of 3 km2 and was established in 1980 to protect the site of the Battle of Ayacucho.
Quinua
- Category: locality
- Location: Quinua District, Huamanga Province, Ayacucho, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-13.04899° or 13° 2′ 56″ southLongitude
-74.13932° or 74° 8′ 22″ westElevation
3,286 metres (10,781 feet)Open location code
57R7XV26+C7OpenStreetMap ID
node 1955201120OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Spanish—“Quinua” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Quinua”
- Dutch: “Quinua”
- Irish: “Quinua”
- Spanish: “Pueblo de Quinua”
- Spanish: “Quinua, Ayacucho”
- Spanish: “Quinua, Peru”
- Spanish: “Quinua, Perú”
- Spanish: “Quinua”
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