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HUARAZ
Huaraz is a city in Peru. It is the capital of the Ancash Region (State of Ancash) and the seat of government of Huaraz Province.
Huaraz is the main financial and commerce center of theCallejon de Huaylas and the main touristic center of Ancash region, moreover, is one of the important cities in the Peruvian Andes. Huaraz is the main place of winter sports and adventure. Many visitorsfrom around the world arrived to the city for practicing sports as climbing, hiking, snowboarding and also to visit the glaciers and mountains of the Cordillera Blanca, mainly the Huascaran snow peak,that is considered the highest mountain in tropics, all of them located in Huascaran national Park that is a nature world heritage site by UNESCO.
Etymology
The name of the city comes fromthe quechua word "Waraq", that means "sunrise". Because the prehispanic people who lived in the zone, had as a god the "Waraq coyllur" that means "Star of sunrise" or Venus planet, because is the star that canbe seen better from the city at sunrise.
Location
Huaraz is in north-central Peru, about 420 km north of Lima, and at an altitude of 3,052 metres (10,013 ft). It is the largest population center inthe agriculturally important Callejón de Huaylas valley. The Callejón (in Spanish roughly meaning large valley or corridor) is a north-south valley bounded on the east by the CordilleraBlanca (permanent white snowcaps and glaciers) and on the west by the Cordillera Negra (no permanent snowcapped peaks or glaciers, hence black). The Cordillera Blanca includes Huascarán, the highest mountain in Peruat 6,768 metres (22,205 ft) and the third highest in the Western Hemisphere. Huascarán and the adjacent peak Huandoy in fair weather are clearly visible from Huaraz.
Climate
Huaraz has a warmmoderated weather of tropical mountain, It is sunny and dry during the morning and cold past the evening, with temperatures between 11-17°C and maximum temperatures that could overpass 21°C. Rains can...