Caral

The Sacred City of Caral-Supe, or simply Caral, is an archaeological site in where the remains of the main city of the Caral civilization are found.
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  • Type: Sand
  • Description: archaeological site in Peru
  • Also known as: “Ville sacrée de Caral-Supe”, “კარალ-სუპე”, “ნორტე-ჩიკოს კულტურა”, and “קראל”

Caral

Latitude
-10.8929° or 10° 53′ 35″ south
Longitude
-77.5195° or 77° 31′ 10″ west
Elevation
356 metres (1,168 feet)
Wheelchair access
limited
Open location code
57X44F4J+R5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 156255349
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­sand
Geo­Names ID
9855407
Wiki­data ID
Q219279
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Caral” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Caral”
  • Arabic: “كارال”
  • Basque: “Caral”
  • Belarusian: “Караль”
  • Bengali: “কারাল”
  • Catalan: “Caral”
  • Chinese: “卡拉尔”
  • Chinese: “卡拉爾”
  • Croatian: “Caral”
  • Czech: “Caral”
  • Danish: “Caral”
  • Dutch: “Caral”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كارا”
  • Esperanto: “Caral”
  • Esperanto: “Karal”
  • Finnish: “Caral”
  • French: “Caral”
  • Georgian: “კარალი”
  • German: “Caral”
  • Hebrew: “קאראל”
  • Hebrew: “שלום”
  • Hungarian: “Caral-Supe”
  • Italian: “Caral”
  • Japanese: “カラル遺跡”
  • Korean: “카랄”
  • Latin: “Caral”
  • Lithuanian: “Karalis”
  • Macedonian: “Карал”
  • Maltese: “Caral”
  • Nepali: “क्यारल”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Caral”
  • Norwegian: “Caral”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Caral”
  • Persian: “کارل”
  • Polish: “Caral”
  • Portuguese: “Caral”
  • Quechua: “Karal”
  • Romanian: “Caral”
  • Russian: “Караль”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Caral”
  • Slovak: “Caral”
  • Spanish: “Caral”
  • Swedish: “Caral”
  • Turkish: “Caral”
  • Ukrainian: “Караль”
  • Vietnamese: “Caral”
  • Vietnamese: “Thành phố thiêng Caral-Supe”
  • “Caral”

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