Peru
Ancash
Yungay Province

Yungay District

Yungay district is a district in the Province of Yungay in the Ancash region, . It was created by law on October 28, 1904.
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  • Type: Region with 20,100 residents
  • Description: district in Ancash, Peru
  • Also known as: “Province of Yungay”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ranrahirca.

Village
The 1962 Landslide was a deadly debris avalanche that affected the , alongside the river Santa, near , the highest mountain in Peru.

Yungay District

Latitude
-9.1513° or 9° 9′ 5″ south
Longitude
-77.6812° or 77° 40′ 52″ west
Population
20,100
Elevation
3,589 metres (11,775 feet)
Open location code
6724R8X9+FG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1237030116
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
Geo­Names ID
8350317
Wiki­data ID
Q2698719
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In Other Languages

From Aymara to Uzbek—“Yungay District” goes by many names.
  • Aymara: “Yunkay jisk’a t’aqa suyu”
  • Cebuano: “Yungay (distrito sa Peru, Ancash, Provincia de Yungay, lat -9,09, long -77,67)”
  • Cebuano: “Yungay”
  • Chinese: “雲蓋區”
  • Dutch: “Yungay District”
  • Georgian: “იუნგაის რაიონი”
  • German: “Distrikt Yungay”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Yungay”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yungay”
  • Norwegian: “Yungay”
  • Portuguese: “Yungay”
  • Quechua: “Mawk’a Yunkay”
  • Quechua: “Yungay”
  • Quechua: “Yunkay distritu”
  • Quechua: “Yunkay listritu”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Yungay”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Yungay”
  • Spanish: “Yungay”
  • Urdu: “ینگے ضلع”
  • Uzbek: “Yungay tumani”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Laguna Huarkanka and Cementerio Huashao.

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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 “Yungay District”. Photo: Ericbronder, CC BY-SA 3.0.