Cachana

Cachana is a village in Cotahuasi District, La Unión Province, Arequipa and has about 188 residents and an elevation of 2,992 metres. Cachana is situated nearby to the village Reiparte, as well as near the hamlet Cachacallan.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Huiñao.

Huiñao

Peak

Photo: Manouel, Public domain.

Huiñao is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 3,645 metres high. It lies in the Arequipa Region, La Unión Province, Cotahuasi District. What makes the mountain so special among the much higher mountains surrounding it is that it is situated in the Cotahuasi Canyon and that there are good panoramic views from its top across the Cotahuasi Canyon and the surrounding mountains.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cotahuasi and Cotahuasi Canyon.

Cotahuasi

Town

Cotahuasi is a town in Southern Peru, capital of the province La Unión in the region of Arequipa. Cotahuasi is situated 2½ km northwest of Cachana.

Cotahuasi Canyon

Photo: Ivan Mlinaric, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cotahuasi Canyon, near the city of Arequipa in Peru, is one of the deepest canyons in the world. With a depth of approximately 3,354 metres, as defined as the difference in elevation at river level and the peak of a mountain alongside the canyon, it is more than twice as deep as the Grand Canyon.

Cachana

Type: Village with 188 residents
Category: locality
Location: Cotahuasi District, La Unión Province, Arequipa, Peru, South America
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Latitude

-15.22439° or 15° 13′ 28″ south

Longitude

-72.8695° or 72° 52′ 10″ west

Population

188

Elevation

2,992 metres (9,816 feet)

Open location code

57P9Q4GJ+66

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3519504808

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

3946406

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