Quebrada de Humahuaca

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Quebrada de Humahuaca is a narrow mountain valley and UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Andes, renowned for its vividly colored rock formations and pre-Hispanic cultural heritage.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Quebrada de Humahuaca canonical 6
Humahuaca 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site
cultural landscape
valley
climate semi-arid
continent South America
country Argentina
extendsFrom near the city of San Salvador de Jujuy
extendsTo Humahuaca
hasCulturalTradition Andean indigenous festivals
carnival celebrations
hasEthnicGroup Aymara people
surface form: Aymara communities

Omaguaca descendants
Quechua communities
hasSettlement Humahuaca
Maimará
Purmamarca
Tilcara
Uquía
highestPointElevation over 4000 m
historicalUse Inca causeways
surface form: Inca road corridor

colonial trade route between the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata and Upper Peru
pre-Hispanic trade route
knownFor narrow mountain valley landscape
pre-Hispanic cultural heritage
vividly colored rock formations
length about 155 km
locatedIn Andes
Argentina
Jujuy Province
mainEconomicActivity handicrafts
small-scale agriculture
tourism
notableSite Cerro de los Siete Colores
Pucará de Tilcara
partOf Eastern Cordillera of the Andes
region northwestern Argentina
surface form: Northwest Argentina
river Río Grande de Jujuy
timeDepthOfHumanOccupation over 10,000 years
tourismAttractionType cultural tourism
geological tourism
landscape tourism
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory cultural
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (ii)
(iv)
(v)
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
surface form: World Heritage Site
vegetation high-altitude Andean shrubland
yearInscribedOnUNESCOWorldHeritageList 2003

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northwestern Argentina hasSubregion Quebrada de Humahuaca
subject surface form: Northwestern Argentina
northwestern Argentina hasUNESCOSite Quebrada de Humahuaca
subject surface form: Northwestern Argentina
Jujuy Province knownFor Quebrada de Humahuaca
Jujuy Province knownFor Quebrada de Humahuaca
this entity surface form: Humahuaca
Jujuy Province contains Quebrada de Humahuaca
Jujuy Province contains Quebrada de Humahuaca
this entity surface form: Humahuaca
Jujuy Province hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Quebrada de Humahuaca
San Salvador de Jujuy near Quebrada de Humahuaca