Ancash Region

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administrative region region of Peru

Ancash Region is a coastal and Andean region in north-central Peru known for the Cordillera Blanca mountain range, including Huascarán, the country’s highest peak.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Chavín de Huántar archaeological site 0
Cordillera Blanca 0
Huascarán 0

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative region ⓘ
region of Peru ⓘ
bordersTo Huánuco Region ⓘ
La Libertad Region ⓘ
Lima Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
capitalType regional capital ⓘ
climateType varied coastal and highland climate ⓘ
contains Callejón de Huaylas ⓘ
Caraz ⓘ
Casma ⓘ
Chavín de Huántar ⓘ
surface form: Chavín de Huántar archaeological site

Chimbote ⓘ
Conchucos Valley ⓘ
Cordillera Blanca ⓘ
Cordillera Negra ⓘ
Huaraz ⓘ
Huarmey ⓘ
Huascarán ⓘ
Huascarán National Park ⓘ
Santa River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yungay ⓘ
country Peru ⓘ
hasCapital Huaraz ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean ⓘ
hasHeritageSite Chavín de Huántar ⓘ
surface form: Chavín de Huántar archaeological site
hasLargestCity Chimbote ⓘ
hasMajorEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
mining ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage Spanish ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Huascarán National Park ⓘ
hasRecognizedLanguage Quechua ⓘ
highestPoint Huascarán ⓘ
knownFor Cordillera Blanca ⓘ
surface form: Cordillera Blanca mountain range

Huascarán, the highest peak in Peru ⓘ
glaciated Andean landscapes ⓘ
mountaineering and trekking tourism ⓘ
locatedIn Ancash Region self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Ancash Region self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Ancash Region self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Ancash Region self-linksurface differs ⓘ
north-central Peru ⓘ
locatedOn Andes ⓘ
surface form: Andes Mountains

Peruvian coast ⓘ
mountainRange Cordillera Blanca ⓘ
Cordillera Negra ⓘ
partOf Peru ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Peru

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Huánuco Region → borderedBy → Ancash Region ⓘ
Lima Region → borders → Ancash Region ⓘ
Chavín de Huántar → locatedIn → Ancash Region ⓘ
subject surface form: Chavín de Huántar
Ancash Region → locatedIn → Ancash Region self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Chavín de Huántar archaeological site
Ancash Region → locatedIn → Ancash Region self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Cordillera Blanca
Ancash Region → locatedIn → Ancash Region self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Huascarán
Ancash Region → locatedIn → Ancash Region self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Huascarán National Park
the Lanzón monolith → locatedIn → Ancash Region ⓘ
subject surface form: Lanzón monolith
subject surface form: Chavín de Huántar