Cahuachi
Cahuachi, in Peru, was a major ceremonial center of the Nazca culture, based from about 1–500 CE in the coastal area of Peru's central Andes. It overlooked some of the Nazca lines.
- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 400 metres (1,310 feet)
- Description: archaeological site
- Also known as“Cahuachi archaeological site”“Cahuachi Hacienda”“Cahuachi temple-piramyd”“Hacienda Cahuachi”
- Categories
- Location
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Latitude
-14.81845° or 14° 49′ 6″ south
Longitude
-75.11642° or 75° 6′ 59″ west
Open location code
57Q65VJM+JC
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OpenStreetMap feature
historic = archaeological_site
OpenStreetMap feature
place = locality
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism = attraction
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Cahuachi” goes by many names.
КаўачыBelarusian
CahuachiCatalan
CahuachiDutch
كاهواتشىEgyptian Arabic
კაუაჩიGeorgian
קהואצ’יHebrew
CahuachiItalian
カワチJapanese
KahuačisLithuanian
KauačisLithuanian
КавачиMacedonian
CahuachiOccitan (post 1500)
CahuachiPolish
CahuachiQuechua
QhawachiQuechua
QhawachiqQuechua
КауачиRussian
КавачіUkrainian
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