Huamachuco District

Huamachuco District is one of the districts of the Sánchez Carrión province located in La Libertad Region in . It contains the capital of the province and the important archeological site of , which was active, likely as an oracle center and place for religious and political elites, about 350 CE to 1100 CE.
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Photo: David Baggins (David Almeida), CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Huamachuco Airport and Viracochapampa.

Aerodrome
is an airport serving , in the La Libertad Region of . The very high elevation runway has mountainous terrain in all quadrants.

Archaeological site
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, Huiracochapampa, or Wiracochapampa is an archaeological site with the remains of a building complex of ancient Peru of pre-Inca times. It was one of the administrative centers of the Wari culture. is situated 4 km north of Huamachuco District.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Huamachuco.

Town
Photo: David Almeida, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in northern and capital of the province of Sánchez Carrión in La Libertad Region. The city is the seat of the Territorial Prelature of . lies to the northeast.

Huamachuco District

Latitude
-7.8267° or 7° 49′ 36″ south
Longitude
-78.0461° or 78° 2′ 46″ west
Population
82,000
Elevation
3,349 metres (10,988 feet)
Open location code
67435XF3+8H
Geo­Names ID
8350414
Wiki­data ID
Q5925302
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Aymara to Spanish—“Huamachuco District” goes by many names.
  • Aymara: “Wamachuku jisk’a t’aqa suyu”
  • Belarusian: “Уамачука”
  • Cebuano: “Huamachuco (distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Huamachuco”
  • Chinese: “瓦馬丘科區”
  • Georgian: “უამაჩუკოს რაიონი”
  • German: “Distrikt Huamachuco”
  • Italian: “distretto di Huamachuco”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Huamachuco”
  • Portuguese: “Huamachuco (distrito)”
  • Portuguese: “Huamachuco”
  • Quechua: “Wamachuku distritu”
  • Russian: “Уамачуко”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Huamachuco”
  • Spanish: “Huamachuco”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cerro Chamis and Cerro Pushagon.

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