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    2007 census data), Yungay Province has a population of 60,000 (2000 estimate). The Province of Yungay occupies part of the Callejón de Huaylas, the Conchucos...
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    Yungay, currently known as Yungay Viejo (Spanish for "Old Yungay") and founded in 1540 as Santo Domingo de Yungay, was a town in Peru that served as the...
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  • in Antofagasta Region Yungay, Peru Santo Domingo de Yungay, which existed from 1540 to 1970 Yungay District Yungay Province This disambiguation page...
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    Yungay district is a district in the Province of Yungay in the Ancash region, Peru. It was created by law on October 28, 1904. The Cordillera Blanca traverses...
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    Yungay is a Chilean town and commune in Diguillín Province, Ñuble Region. The commune spans an area of 823.5 km (512 mi). According to data from the 2002...
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  • Huaylas Province, Pamparomas District, and in the Yungay Province, Quillo District. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yungay Province (Ancash Region)...
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    smaller collapse wiped out several villages of the Callejón de Huaylas valley near Yungay. However, the provincial government made efforts to prevent...
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  • approximately 4,600 m (15,100 ft). It is located in the Ancash Region, Yungay Province, Quillo District. Puka Ranra lies southwest of a lake named Qanchisqucha...
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    585 ft) high. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Yungay Province, in the districts Yanama and Yungay. Yanarrajo lies in the Huascarán National Park, south-west...
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    erected in 2011 (37 m, 121 ft) Cristo Redentor in Barranca Province, Lima Region, Peru Statue in Yungay Poland Christ the King in Świebodzin (33 m, 108 ft) Portugal...
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    Peru. They are located in Ancash Region, Yungay Province, Yungay District, about 25 km north-east of Yungay. The lakes are part of Huascarán National...
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    (Quechua: Waskaran), Nevado Huascarán or Mataraju is a mountain located in Yungay Province, Department of Ancash, Peru. It is situated in the Cordillera Blanca...
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    (San Gregorio de Ñiquén) Pemuco Pinto Portezuelo Quillón Quirihue Ránquil San Carlos San Fabián San Ignacio San Nicolás Treguaco Yungay Ñuble Region "Territorial...
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    Cordillera Blanca traverses the province. Waskaran, its highest elevation, lies on the border with the province of Yungay. Pallqarahu, Pukaranra, Qupa,...
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  • It is located in the Ancash Region, Huaylas Province, Caraz District, and in the Yungay Province, Yungay District. Rocotopunta lies west of Huandoy. escale...
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    of the Peruvian restoration army and the Chilean army at the battle of Yungay in 1839. The 1970 Ancash earthquake devastated the department, killing more...
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    less arid Central Andean dry puna ecoregion. The surroundings of abandoned Yungay town have been named the driest place in the world. Most of the population...
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    Villa O'Higgins (category Populated places in Capitán Prat Province)
    Highway) – the final 120 km of which were completed southwards from Puerto Yungay in 2000 – and is the gateway to the Southern Patagonian Ice Field. The town...
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    tasting of cherries, jams and liqueurs; second the Cardal "in the commune of Yungay takes place in the sector". The region has the pride of being the home of...
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    organized a second attack on the Confederation and defeated it in the Battle of Yungay. After this defeat, Santa Cruz resigned and went to exile in Ecuador and...
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    it is one of the highest peaks of the Cordillera Blanca. It lies in Yungay Province, Ancash, between the mountains Huascarán and Contrahierbas. The standard...
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  • Quillo District (category Districts of the Yungay Province)
    Quechua Q'illu, meaning "yellow") is one of eight districts of the Yungay Province in Peru. One of the highest peaks of the district is Paka Qutu at approximately...
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    the battle of Yungay in 1839 while Andrés de Santa Cruz had been overthrown from the post of President of Bolivia by general José Miguel de Velasco who...
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    Quechua II [es] or Quechua A or Peripheral Quechua or Wanp'una, divided into Yungay (Yunkay) Quechua or Quechua II A, spoken in the northern mountains of Peru;...
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    second expedition, which defeated the Supreme Protector at the Battle of Yungay (20 January 1839) and forced the dissolution of the Confederation. After...
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  • Mancos District (category Districts of the Yungay Province)
    the Yungay Province in Ancash Region, Peru. Mancos is called ``El corazón del Callejón de Huaylas´´ for being located in the centre of Callejón de Huaylas...
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    highway opened to traffic in 1988, and by 1996 was completed to Puerto Yungay. The last 100 kilometers (62 mi) to Villa O'Higgins were opened in 2000...
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  • Pedro de Cajas), a lake in the San Pedro de Cajas District, Tarma Province, Junín Region, Peru Qanchisqucha (Yungay), a lake in the Yungay Province, Ancash...
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  • above sea level. In the valley north of Huaraz there are the towns Carhuaz, Yungay (the site of a major earthquake and landslide in 1970 that buried the town...
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    Diguillín Province is the largest of the three provinces of the Ñuble Region. Bulnes Chillán Chillán Viejo San Ignacio Pinto El Carmen Pemuco Yungay Quillón...
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