Department of Ancash

Ancash
Departamento de Áncash (Spanish)
Anqash suyu (Quechua)
Huascarán in the Huascaran National Park
Flag of Ancash
Coat of arms of Ancash
Coordinates: 9°32′S 77°32′W / 9.53°S 77.53°W / -9.53; -77.53
CountryPeru
Subdivisions20 provinces and 166 districts
Largest cityChimbote
CapitalHuaraz
Government
 • GovernorJuan Carlos Morillo Ulloa
(2019–2022)
Area
 • Total35,914.41 km2 (13,866.63 sq mi)
Elevation
(Capital)
3,052 m (10,013 ft)
Highest elevation
6,768 m (22,205 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total1,083,519
 • Density30/km2 (78/sq mi)
UBIGEO
02
Dialing code043
ISO 3166 codePE-ANC
Poverty rate21.5%
Percentage of Peru's GDP2.76%

Ancash (Quechua: Anqash; Spanish: Áncash pronounced [ˈaŋkaʃ]) is a department and region in western Peru. It is bordered by the departments of La Libertad on the north, Huánuco and Pasco on the east, Lima on the south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Its capital is the city of Huaraz, and its largest city and port is Chimbote. The name of the region originates from the Quechua word anqash ('light, of little weight'), from anqas ('blue') or from anka ('eagle').[1][2]

  1. ^ * Vocabulario comparativo quechua ecuatoriano – quechua ancashino – castellano – English Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (pdf)
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.