Huallanca District, Bolognesi

Huallanca Wallanka
District
Huallanca as seen from Huamantanga
Coordinates: 09°52′48″S 76°57′36″W
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Bolognesi
Founded	January 2, 1857
Capital	Huallanca
Government
• Mayor	Wilmer Serafin Cornelio Rojas
Area
• Total	873.39 km^2 (337.22 sq mi)
Elevation	3,540 m (11,610 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	6,353
• Density	7.3/km^2 (19/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	020508

Huallanca (hispanicized spelling) or Wallanka (Quechua for "mountain range"^[1] and the cactus species Austrocylindropuntia subulata)^[2] is a district of the Bolognesi Province in the Ancash Region of Peru.

Geography

The Wallanka mountain range mountain range traverses the district. Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:^[3]

• Allqu Hirka
• Asul Kunkush
• Asul Qaqa
• Chawpi Hanka
• Chawpi Hanka (Anc.-Huán.)
• Ch'uspi
• Kunkush
• Kuntur Wayi
• Kushuru
• Mama Hirka
• Mashwa Raqra
• Millwa Qaqa
• Mina Punta
• Munti Hirka
• Muya Wayin
• Ñawin Punta
• Puka Kushuru
• Puka Yaku
• Pukarahu
• Puma Wayin
• Puma Wayin (near Kunturqucha)
• P'unchaw
• Qayqu
• Ritama
• Rupha Wayi
• Tankan
• Tankanqucha
• Tarush Kancha
• Tawqan
• Tiklla
• T'uru Hirka
• Waka Rumi
• Wallanka
• Wathiya Wathiya
• Waychaw Punta
• Wayllas
• Yana Hirka
• Yana Hirka (Huallanca)
• Yana Pukyu
• Yana Wank'a
• Yanashallash
• Yantaq

See also

• Ninaqucha
• Pampaqucha
• Suyruqucha

References

1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
2. "Jatun Huancagaga". mincetur. Archived from the original on April 17, 2015. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
3. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Bolognesi Province (Ancash Region)