Look up chincha in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chincha (Quechua chincha, chinchay north, northern, ocelot) may refer to: Chincha Alta, a city in...

The Chincha culture (or Ica-Chincha culture) was the culture of a Native Peruvian people living near the Pacific Ocean in south west Peru. The Chincha Kingdom...

The Chincha Islands (Spanish: Islas Chincha) are a group of three small islands 21 kilometres (13 mi) off the southwest coast of Peru, to which they belong...

Chincha Alta is a Peruvian city located in the Ica Region. A major port at the mouth of the Chincha River, it is the capital of Chincha Province. The...

resource war in history is the conflict over Chincha Island guano in the late 19th century. The Chincha Islands of Peru are situated off of the southern...

450; -76.133 The Chincha Province is one of five provinces of the Ica Region of Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Chincha Alta, a center...

The Chincha Islands War, also known as Spanish–South American War (Spanish: Guerra hispano-sudamericana), was a series of coastal and naval battles between...

guano site, the Chincha Islands, was nearing depletion. This caused guano mining to shift to other islands north and south of the Chincha Islands. Despite...

water, the sea otter has a denser coat. The chinchilla is named after the Chincha people of the Andes, who once wore its dense, velvet-like fur. By the end...

Yauyos–Chincha Quechua or Yauyos Quechua is a language cluster of Quechua, spoken in the Yauyos and Chincha districts of Peru. There are numerous dialects:...

the largest empire of the pre-Columbian era. The Chincha, an extinct merchant kingdom of the Chincha Islands of Peru. The Qolla inhabited the Potosí,...

Eupithecia chincha is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Ecuador. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki (1997–2012). "Eupithecia chincha Dognin 1899". Home...

Huancayo Junín 547,284 16 Huánuco Huánuco 233,924 7 Cusco Cusco 523,337 17 Chincha Alta Ica 215,000 8 Iquitos Loreto 451,276 18 Sullana Piura 206,226 9 Pucallpa...

known as the "Bombardero de Chincha", remembered as the best Peruvian boxer of the twentieth century. He was born in Chincha on November 22, 1933. It had...

Palpas region and along the Peruvian coast are other glyphs from the Chincha culture that have also been discovered. The following are images of some...

Hanan Suyukuna or "Upper Quarters" of the empire. The name is due to the Chincha culture, which was a trader kingdom in what is now the Ica Region. Chinchay...

This is a list of major battles fought by the Peruvian Army since its creation in 1821. Battle of Torata (January 19, 1823) Battle of Moquegua (January...

La Voz de Chincha ('The Voice of Chincha') was a daily evening newspaper published from Chincha Alta, Peru. The newspaper was founded in 1924. Politically...

officer until 1866. He suppressed an insurrection of Chinese workers on the Chincha Islands in 1865, and later in the same year landed at La Unión, El Salvador...

the Province of Chincha, in the Region of Ica, Perú. During a period, this manor house had one of the richest plantations in Chincha, with around 1000...

Ancash (Huaylas–Conchucos) Alto Pativilca–Alto Marañón–Alto Huallaga Yaru Wanka (Jauja–Huanca) Yauyos–Chincha (Huangáscar–Topará)...

Guano mining in the Central Chincha Islands, c. 1860...

who worked on the sugar plantations in Cuba and in the guano beds of the Chincha Islands ('the islands of Hell') of Peru were treated brutally. 75% of the...

the screw corvette Vencedora in the Pacific Squadron. In that year, the Chincha Islands War with Peru — joined later by Bolivia, Chile, and Ecuador — broke...

during the Chincha Islands War (1864–1866), Peru and Chile led a united front against the Spanish fleet that occupied the Peruvian Chincha Islands and...

sent by Pachacuti to the central Peruvian coast in order to conquer the Chincha. Years later the Sapa Inka sent his brother to various campaigns to the...

Daniel H.; Wing, Elizabeth S. (1997). "Ritual Rodents: The Guinea Pigs of Chincha, Peru". Journal of Field Archaeology. 21 (1): 50. doi:10.2307/530560. JSTOR 530560...

limited the power of the president and increased the power of the Congress. Chincha Islands War Occupation of Araucanía War of the Pacific "República Liberal...

distrito). The provinces, with their capitals in parentheses, are: Chincha (Chincha Alta) Ica (Ica) Nazca (Nazca) Palpa (Palpa) Pisco (Pisco) Capital of...

Pueblo Nuevo District is one of the eleven districts of the Chincha Province in Peru. v t e 13°24′17″S 76°07′37″W / 13.4048°S 76.1270°W / -13.4048;...