Ruriquilca
Ruriquilca is a village in Chavín de Huantar District, Huari Province, Ancash and has an elevation of 3,839 metres. Ruriquilca is situated nearby to the village Yanacancha, as well as near Machac.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Waraqayuq and Puyhuan.
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 3½ km southwest of Ruriquilca.
Puyhuan
Peak
Puyhuan is a 4,980-metre-high mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Huari Province, Chavín de Huantar District. Puyhuan lies northwest of Huaracayoc, northeast of Yanarahu and southeast of Tuctu. Puyhuan is situated 4 km west of Ruriquilca.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chavín de Huántar and Chavín de Huántar.
Chavín de Huántar
Town
Photo: Dtarazona, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chavín de Huántar is a town, which is situated 6 km northeast of Ruriquilca.
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.
Ruriquilca
- Type: Village
- Category: locality
- Location: Chavín de Huantar District, Huari Province, Ancash, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-9.63589° or 9° 38′ 9″ southLongitude
-77.21145° or 77° 12′ 41″ westElevation
3,839 metres (12,595 feet)Open location code
67249Q7Q+JCOpenStreetMap ID
node 4397628867OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
13254877
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In Other Languages
“Ruriquilca” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Ruriquilca”
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