Huánuco Department
Huamalíes Province
Tantamayo District

Piruro

Piruro is an archaeological site in . It is situated in the Huánuco Region, Huamalíes Province, . The site was declared a National Cultural Heritage by Resolución Directoral No.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: archaeological site in Peru
  • Also known as: “Zona Arqueologica Piruro” and “Zona Arqueológica Piruro”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Susupillo.

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is a mountain with an archaeological site of the same name in the of , about 4,400 metres high. It is situated in the Huánuco Region, Huamalíes Province, . is situated 4 km southeast of Piruro.

Piruro

Latitude
-9.37889° or 9° 22′ 44″ south
Longitude
-76.70444° or 76° 42′ 16″ west
Elevation
3,975 metres (13,041 feet)
Open location code
6725J7CW+C6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1728416395
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
6675075
Wiki­data ID
Q2045775
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Spanish—“Piruro” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Пірура”
  • French: “Piruro”
  • Georgian: “პირურო”
  • Quechua: “Phiruru”
  • Quechua: “Piruru”
  • Russian: “Пируро”
  • Spanish: “Piruro”
  • Spanish: “Tantamayo”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Piruro”. Photo: Waterloo1883, CC BY-SA 4.0.