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Huamachuco | |
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  Huamachuco | |
| Coordinates: 7°48′43.3″S 78°02′55.3″W / 7.812028°S 78.048694°W | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | La Libertad |
| Province | Sánchez Carrión |
| District | Huamachuco |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Benito Robert Contreras Morales |
| Elevation | 3,169 m (10,397 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Estimate (2015)[1] | 39,806 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| Website | Official website |
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Huamachuco (possibly from Quechua waman, falcon or variable hawk, and Kulyi chuco, earth or land, "land of falcons") is a town in northern Peru and capital of the province Sánchez Carrión in La Libertad Region. The city is the seat of the Territorial Prelature of Huamachuco. Lake Sausacocha lies to the northeast.
About 30 miles away, within the Huamachuco district, is the significant archeological site of Marcahuamachuco. It is a complex of monuments, 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.
- ^ Perú: Población estimada al 30 de junio y tasa de crecimiento de las ciudades capitales, por departamento, 2011 y 2015. Perú: Estimaciones y proyecciones de población total por sexo de las principales ciudades, 2012-2015 (Report). Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. March 2012. Retrieved 2015-06-03.