Marcará District

Marcará District is one of eleven districts of the Carhuaz Province in . Marcará District has an elevation of 4,914 metres.
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  • Type: Locality with 9,480 residents
  • Description: district in Ancash, Peru
  • Also known as: “Marcara District”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vicos and Lake Lejiacocha.

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or Paccharuri is a 5,315 m high mountain in the in the of . It is situated in the Ancash Region, Carhuaz Province, Marcara District.

Lejiacocha is a lake in the in the of at 4,706 metres of elevation. It is located in Marcará District, Carhuaz Province, Ancash. Lejiacocha lies south-west of mount . originates nearby the lake.

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Nevado is a mountain in the of whose summit reaches about 6,188 metres above sea level. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Asunción Province, , and in the Carhuaz Province, Marcará District, south-east of . is situated 4 km northeast of Marcará District.

Marcará District

Latitude
-9.3037° or 9° 18′ 13″ south
Longitude
-77.4955° or 77° 29′ 44″ west
Population
9,480
Elevation
4,914 metres (16,122 feet)
Open location code
6724MGW3+GQ
Geo­Names ID
8350086
Wiki­data ID
Q2696753
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Aymara to Uzbek—“Marcará District” goes by many names.
  • Aymara: “Markara jisk’a t’aqa suyu”
  • Cebuano: “Marcara”
  • Chinese: “馬爾卡拉區”
  • Chinese: “马尔卡拉区”
  • Dutch: “Marcará District”
  • Georgian: “მარკარის რაიონი”
  • German: “Distrikt Marcará”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Marcara”
  • Italian: “distretto di Marcará”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Marcará”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Marcará”
  • Norwegian: “Marcará”
  • Portuguese: “Marcara”
  • Quechua: “Marcará distritu”
  • Quechua: “Markara distritu”
  • Quechua: “Markaraa distritu”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Marcara”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Marcará”
  • Uzbek: “Marcará tumani”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lagunas Lejíacocha and Zona Arqueológica Pampa Grande.

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