Huancabamba | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Piura |
| Province | Huancabamba |
| District | Huancabamba |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Valentin Quevedo Peralta |
| Elevation | 1,929 m (6,329 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
Huancabamba is a town in Northern Peru, capital of the province Huancabamba in the region Piura. It is situated in the valley of the Huancabamba river, along which the old Inca road passed leading from Quito to Cajamarca.
| Climate data for Huancabamba (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 24.3 (75.7) | 24.0 (75.2) | 24.2 (75.6) | 24.4 (75.9) | 24.2 (75.6) | 23.6 (74.5) | 23.5 (74.3) | 23.9 (75.0) | 24.6 (76.3) | 25.4 (77.7) | 26.1 (79.0) | 24.9 (76.8) | 24.4 (75.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 13.4 (56.1) | 13.9 (57.0) | 14.1 (57.4) | 13.9 (57.0) | 13.1 (55.6) | 12.9 (55.2) | 12.7 (54.9) | 12.8 (55.0) | 13.3 (55.9) | 13.2 (55.8) | 12.6 (54.7) | 13.4 (56.1) | 13.3 (55.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 57.3 (2.26) | 73.8 (2.91) | 90.4 (3.56) | 63.6 (2.50) | 33.8 (1.33) | 14.9 (0.59) | 11.2 (0.44) | 6.9 (0.27) | 13.4 (0.53) | 44.2 (1.74) | 53.1 (2.09) | 55.0 (2.17) | 517.6 (20.38) |
| Source: NOAA [1] | |||||||||||||
The Arctic Archipelago, also known as the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, is an archipelago lying to the north of the Canadian continental mainland, excluding Greenland and Iceland.
Lambayeque is a department and region in northwestern Peru known for its rich Moche and Chimú historical past. The region's name originates from the ancient pre-Inca civilization of the Lambayeque. It is the second-smallest department in Peru after Tumbes, but it is also its most densely populated department and its eighth most populous department.
Piura is a coastal department and region in northwestern Peru. The region's capital is Piura and its largest port cities, Paita and Talara, are also among the most important in Peru. The area is known for its tropical and dry beaches. It is the most populous department in Peru, its twelfth smallest department, and its fourth-most densely populated department, after Tumbes, La Libertad, and Lambayeque.
Ayabaca or Ayavaca is one of the eight provinces of the Piura Region, in northwestern Peru. It borders Ecuador on the north and northeast, Huancabamba Province and Morropón Province on the south, and the Piura and Sullana provinces on the west. This province is located in the western Andes and its capital is the town of Ayabaca, which is the highest in the whole region.
Huancabamba Province is a landlocked province in the Piura Region in northwestern Peru. The province is the easternmost in the region.
The Huancabamba River in the Pasco Region of Peru has its origin in the confluence of several small rivers near the town of Oxapampa: the Chontabamba, the Llamaquizú, and the Esperanza rivers. From an elevation of 1,807 metres (5,928 ft) at Oxapampa, the Huancabamba River runs northward for approximately 77 kilometres (48 mi) by road paralleling the river to the village of Pozuzo. The Huancabamba is joined by the Santa Cruz River 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north of Pozuzo at an elevation of 700 metres (2,300 ft) and thereafter is called the Pozuzo River. In its lower course the Pozuzó is called the Pachitea River which joins the Ucayali River, a major component in the Amazon River drainage basin.
The Huancabamba Depression is an east–west depression through the Andes Mountains of northern Peru. The Huancabamba Depression interrupts the Central and Eastern Cordilleras of the Andes, and the Marañón River and its tributaries drain eastward through the depression into the Amazon basin. Western Cordillera has its lowest point, 2145 meters, at the Paso de Porculla.
Huancabamba District is one of eight districts of the province Huancabamba in Peru.
Sondorillo District is one of eight districts of the province Huancabamba in Peru.
Canchaque District is one of eight districts of the province Huancabamba in Peru.
El Carmen de la Frontera District is one of eight districts of the province Huancabamba in Peru.
Huarmaca District is one of eight districts of the province Huancabamba in Peru.
Lalaquiz District is one of eight districts of Huancabamba Province, Peru.
San Miguel de El Faique District is one of eight districts of the province Huancabamba in Peru.
Sondor District is one of eight districts of the province Huancabamba in Peru.
The Abra de Porculla, also known as the Paso de Porculla is an east-west pass through the Western Cordillera of the Andes Mountains in northern Peru. At 2145 m above sea level it is the lowest pass through the Andes throughout the entire length of the mountain chain from Colombia to Chile. It lies at the point where the Huancabamba Depression also interrupts the Central and Eastern Cordilleras.
Goff Glacier is a broad glacier flowing from Parker Peak into the head of Koether Inlet on the north side of Thurston Island, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Lieutenant Robert G. Goff, co-pilot of PBM Mariner aircraft in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, which obtained aerial photographs of Thurston Island and adjacent coastal areas, 1946–47.
Patallacta, Llactapata or Q'ente Marka is an archaeological site in Peru located in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Machupicchu District. It is situated southeast of the site Machu Picchu, at the confluence of the rivers Cusichaca and Vilcanota on a mountain named Patallacta.
Victor von Hagen, The Royal Road of the Inca (1976)
| Authority control databases: National |
|---|
5°14′S79°26′W / 5.233°S 79.433°W
 | This Piura Region geography article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
