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Huaraz occurs as city inside central Peru. It has the people of more or less 100,000 & is the capital of the Ancash region. Huaraz is placed at an altitude of 3100 m in the Andes mountains, some 450 kilometer n of Lima. Huaraz sits in the agriculturally significant Callejón de Huaylas valley, at the foot of the Cordillera Blanca mountain range, which includes Huascarán, the greatest mountainside in Peru at 6768 m. Huascarán National Park is a popular destination for tourism and trekking, & Huaraz occurs as frequent base for expeditions to the Cordilleras Blanca and Huayhuash. Holidaymaker typically came from either Argentina, Italy, Switzerland, Israel, Germany, the UK and the United States. In 31 Might 1970 a Ancash earthquake destroyed much of Huaraz, killing 10,000 humans. Nearby Yungay was completely buried by poop from either Huascarán, by owning a loss of 30,000 populates. de:Huaraz es:Huaraz | |
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