Huacachina

Huacachina is a village in southern Peru, an hour away from the Pacific coast. The town is a collection of resorts and restaurants around a blue-green laguna surrounded by huge sand dunes.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: village in Peru
  • Also known as: “Laguna Huacachina”
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ica and Comatrana.

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is a regional capital city in the Peruvian coastal region, though over an hour's drive from the coast itself. has a dry, desert climate, though there is significant agriculture through irrigation.

Village
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is a town in Ica Province, , located 3 kilometres from . Landmarks of note include the San José de Madres Carmelitas Descalzas Monastery and the Temple.

Huacachina

Latitude
-14.0875° or 14° 5′ 15″ south
Longitude
-75.763° or 75° 45′ 47″ west
Population
163
Elevation
402 metres (1,319 feet)
Open location code
57Q6W66P+XR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 764519102
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­oasis
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
3940098
Wiki­data ID
Q1632715
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Huacachina” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هواكاتشينا”
  • Armenian: “Հաուկաչինա”
  • Burmese: “ဟွာကာချီနာ”
  • Cebuano: “Huacachina”
  • Chinese: “瓦卡奇納”
  • Czech: “Huacachina”
  • Dutch: “Huacachina”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هواكاتشينا”
  • Esperanto: “Huacachina”
  • French: “Huacachina”
  • Galician: “Huacachina”
  • German: “Huacachina”
  • Greek: “Χουακατσίνα”
  • Hungarian: “Huacachina”
  • Indonesian: “Huacachina”
  • Italian: “Huacachina”
  • Japanese: “ワカチナ”
  • Javanese: “Huacachina”
  • Lithuanian: “Huakačina”
  • Lithuanian: “Uakačinos ežeras”
  • Lithuanian: “Uakačinos oazė”
  • Macedonian: “Вакачина”
  • Macedonian: “Уакачина”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Huacachina”
  • Norwegian: “Huacachina”
  • Portuguese: “Huacachina”
  • Quechua: “Wakachina qucha”
  • Quechua: “Waqachina qucha”
  • Russian: “Уакачина”
  • Russian: “Хуакачина”
  • Slovak: “Huacachina”
  • Spanish: “Huacachina”
  • Spanish: “Laguna de Huacachina”
  • Spanish: “Oasis de Huacachina”
  • Turkish: “Huacachina”
  • Ukrainian: “Уакачина”
  • Ukrainian: “Уакачіна”

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