Huamachuco (La Libertad, Peru)
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- BGN, 4/22/96(Huamachuco; POPL 7°48ʹS 78°04ʹW; another POPL with same name listed in Dept. of Junín)
- Huamachuco en la historia del Perú, 1993- :v. 1, t.p.
- Atlas del Perú, 1989(Huamachuco, capital of province of Sánchez Carrión, Dept. of La Libertad)
- BGN, 4/22/96(Huamachuco; POPL 7p0s48ʹS 78p0s04ʹW; another POPL with same name listed in Dept. of Junín)
Wikipedia description:
Huamachuco (possibly from Quechua waman meaning "falcon" or "variable hawk", and Culli chuco meaning "earth" or "land", thus "land of falcons") is a town in northern Peru and capital of the province of Sánchez Carrión in La Libertad Region. The city is the seat of the Territorial Prelature of Huamachuco. Lake Sausacocha lies to the northeast. About 48 kilometres (30 mi) away, within the Huamachuco district, is the significant pre-Columbian archeological site of Marcahuamachuco. It is a complex of monuments that are the remnants of a prehistoric political and religious center of a culture that thrived 350 CE–1100 CE. The ruins of a Wari city, Viracochapampa, are located 3.5 km north of Huamachuco. Additionally there are many other pre-Columbian ruins around the town.
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