Jircahuayi
Jircahuayi is a village in Chavín de Huantar District, Huari Province, Ancash and has an elevation of 3,829 metres. Jircahuayi is situated nearby to the village Yanacancha, as well as near Machac.Places of Interest
Highlights include Waraqayuq.
Waraqayuq
Peak
Waraqayuq or Warak'ayuq is a mountain with an archaeological site of the same name in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 4,600 metres high. Waraqayuq is situated 2½ km southwest of Jircahuayi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chavín de Huántar and Chavín de Huántar.
Chavín de Huántar
Village
Chavín de Huántar
Chavín de Huántar is a town and archaeological site from the pre-Incan Chavin culture of around 900 BC containing ruins and other artefacts. The site in the Central Andes of Peru is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Jircahuayi
- Type: Village
- Category: locality
- Location: Chavín de Huantar District, Huari Province, Ancash, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-9.64758° or 9° 38′ 51″ south
Longitude
-77.2079° or 77° 12′ 28″ west
Elevation
3,829 metres (12,562 feet)
Open location code
67249Q2R+XR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
“Jircahuayi” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Jircahuayi”
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