Huallanca District, Huaylas

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Huallanca
Wallanka
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Location of Huallanca in the Huaylas province
CountryFlag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ancash
Province Huaylas
FoundedApril 14, 1950
Capital Huallanca
Area
  Total178.8 km2 (69.0 sq mi)
Elevation
1,377 m (4,518 ft)
Population
  Total985
  Density5.5/km2 (14/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 021202
Website munihuallanca.gob.pe

The Huallanca District (hispanicized spelling) or Wallanka (Quechua for "mountain range") [1] is the most northeastern of the 10 districts that comprise Huaylas Province in the Ancash Region (formerly "Departmento de Ancash") of Peru. It is in the high mountain range known as Cordillera Negra ("Black Range"). The district capital is Huallanca. [2] The district was founded in 1950 by separating it from the Huaylas District.

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Railroad construction

At the height of regional mining production in 1860, the national and local governments sought to facilitate exports from mines in the Callejón de Huaylas (the grand valley "Alley of Huaylas") through the port of Chimbote. This initiative included the construction of a 29 km railroad between Chimbote and Huallanca, an extension of the proposed Chimbote-Chuquicara-Recuay railway. The project was approved by law on 8 November 1864. Construction was entrusted to Ing. Enrrique Meiggs during the administration of Peruvian president José Balta, and began on 9 June 1871.

The work was done in three stages, the first of which was from Chimbote to Planks, inaugurated in 1877. The second stage, from Planks to Chuquicara, was inaugurated in 1892 by means of a contract with the Peruvian Pacific Railway. In 1920 the third stage, from Chuquicara to Huallanca, was begun. Overall length of the rail line from Chimbote to Huallanca was 137 km. Later a planned 13.5 km extension advanced on a roadbed constructed without sleepers or rails.

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Huallanca mountain range mountains in Peru

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Yanashallash mountain in Peru

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Huallanca (mountain) mountain in Peru

Huallanca, also known as Burro, is a 5,470 m (17,950 ft)) high mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is the highest peak in the Huallanca mountain range. Huallanca is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, in the districts of Aquia and Huallanca. It is situated in the northern half of the range, southeast of the Yanashallash pass and the peaks of Tankan, Ch'uspi and Tankanqucha. Kuntur Wayi lies southwest of it. Winchus 4,795 m (15,732 ft)) is the peak west of Wallanka at the Tuna Kancha valley.

Kunkush (Bolognesi)

Kunkush is a 4,626-metre-high (15,177 ft) mountain in the Wallanka mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, Huallanca District. Kunkush lies at the Ch'uspi valley on an eastern extension of the range, west of Tuna Wayin, Yana Puyku and Muya Wayin and east of Wallanka.

Kuntur Wayi

Kuntur Wayi or Kuntur Wayin is a 5,171-metre-high (16,965 ft) mountain in the Wallanka mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, on the border of the districts of Aquia and Huallanca. Kuntur Wayi lies east of the Minapata valley, southwest of Kunkush, south of Wallanka and southeast of Minapata.

Tankan (Peru) mountain in Peru

Tankan or Ruq'a Qaqa, qaqa rock, Hispanicized Rucagaga) is a 5,162-metre-high (16,936 ft) mountain in the northern part of the Wallanka mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, in the districts of Aquia and Huallanca.

Tancancocha mountain in Peru

Tancancocha is a mountain in the north of the Huallanca mountain range in the Andes of Peru at a small lake of that name. The mountain reaches an altitude of approximately 5,200 m (17,100 ft). It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, in the districts of Aquia and Huallanca.

Suerococha is a lake in the south of the Huallanca mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is situated at a height of 4,450 m (14,600 ft) comprising an area of 0.035992 km2 (35,992 m2). Suerococha is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, Huallanca District.

Pampacocha is a lake in the south of the Huallanca mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is situated at a height of 4,408 m (14,462 ft) comprising an area of 0.020234 km2 (20,234 m2). Pampacocha is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, Huallanca District, near a lake named Suerococha.

Munti Hirka mountain in Peru

Munti Hirka is a mountain in the eastern extensions of the Wallanka mountain range in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately 4,400 m (14,400 ft). It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, Huallanca District.

Muya Wayin mountain in Peru

Muya Wayin is a mountain in the eastern extensions of the Wallanka mountain range in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately 4,600 m (15,092 ft). It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, Huallanca District. Muya Wayin lies on a ridge east of Wallanka, west of Yana Pukyu.

References

  1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary): wallanka, walla. - s. Cordillera. Cadena de montañas.
  2. (in Spanish) Official website of the Huallanca District Archived 2007-08-24 at the Wayback Machine

Coordinates: 7°17′26″S76°11′46″W / 7.2906°S 76.196102°W / -7.2906; -76.196102