Huaraz is the capital of Peru's Ancash Region, located at 3,052 meters elevation in the Callejon de Huaylas valley about 420 kilometers north of Lima. Its name comes from a Quechua word for sunrise or dawn. The 2017 census recorded 118,836 residents in the metropolitan area, making it the largest city in the central Peruvian Andes after Huancayo. Spanish colonists founded the settlement on January 20, 1574, and Simon Bolivar later honored it as the Noble and Generous City for its support of Peru's independence. A 1970 earthquake destroyed most of the city and killed roughly 25,000 people in the region, after which Huaraz became a hub for foreign humanitarian aid and now serves as the main gateway for mountaineering and tourism in Huascaran National Park.
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Founding Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Huaraz (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 118,836 (2017)
2. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): Opentopodata SRTM 90 m elevation for Huaraz
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)SRTM 90 m elevation at the infobox coordinates of the city
"elevation": 3036.0
SRTM 90 m elevation, band by the lane rule of 10 m or less sea-level, to 500 m lowland, to 1500 m highland
"elevation": 3036.0
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -9.75, -77.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -9.75, -77.75
-9.75 -77.75 BSk
4. GeoNames: Huaraz - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3696378, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 3696378, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
-9.52614 -77.52869 P PPLA PE 02 0201 020101 118836 2829 America/Lima
Huaraz (Wikipedia)
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Huaraz ([waˈɾas]) (from Quechua: Waraq or Warash, "dawn"), formerly designated as San Sebastián de Huaraz, is a city in Peru.
- In Group: Cities of South America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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