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    Yungay, also known as Yungay Nuevo (Spanish for "New Yungay"), is a town in the Ancash Region in north central Peru, South America. Yungay is located in...
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  • Yungay may refer to the following places: Yungay, Chile, a town in the Ñuble Region Barrio Yungay, a neighborhood of Santiago, Chile Yungay, the driest...
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    mudflow triggered by the Ancash earthquake destroyed the Peruvian town of Yungay and ten nearby villages, leaving up to 30,000 people dead. It is the deadliest...
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    Yungay, currently known as Yungay Viejo (Spanish for "Old Yungay") and founded in 1540 as Santo Domingo de Yungay, was a town in Peru that served as the...
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    The Battle of Yungay (or Yungai) was the final battle of the War of the Confederation, fought on January 20, 1839, near Yungay, Peru. The United Restoration...
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    Barrio Yungay is a neighborhood of Santiago, Chile, located to the west of the city center in the commune of Santiago and to the west of Barrio Brasil...
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    The Yungay Province is one of twenty provinces of the Ancash Region in Peru. The Cordillera Blanca and the Cordillera Negra traverse the province. Waskaran...
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    (Quechua: Waskaran), Nevado Huascarán or Mataraju is a mountain located in Yungay Province, Department of Ancash, Peru. It is situated in the Cordillera Blanca...
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    Quechua II or Quechua A or Peripheral Quechua or Wanp'una, divided into Yungay (Yunkay) Quechua or Quechua II A, spoken in the northern mountains of Peru;...
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  • the Cordillera Negra in the Andes of Peru located in the Ancash Region, Yungay Province, Quillo District. It lies northeast of Puka Ranra. ign.gob.pe IGN...
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    Plaza Yungay is a square located in Barrio Yungay, an historical neighborhood of Santiago, Chile, located at the western limits of the commune of Santiago...
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    585 ft) high. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Yungay Province, in the districts Yanama and Yungay. Yanarrajo lies in the Huascarán National Park, south-west...
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  • in the Ancash Region, Huaylas Province, Pamparomas District, and in the Yungay Province, Quillo District. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaylas...
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    led by General Manuel Bulnes, obtain a decisive victory in the battle of Yungay in 1839 while Andrés de Santa Cruz had been overthrown from the post of...
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    Yungay is a Chilean town and commune in Diguillín Province, Ñuble Region. The commune spans an area of 823.5 km (512 mi). According to data from the 2002...
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    is situated in the Ancash Region in the provinces Asunción, Carhuaz and Yungay. Contrahierbas is located inside Huascarán National Park, northeast of Hualcán...
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    village of Yungay at an average speed of 280 to 335 km per hour. The fast-moving mass picked up glacial deposits and by the time it reached Yungay, it is...
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  • approximately 4,600 m (15,100 ft). It is located in the Ancash Region, Yungay Province, Quillo District. Puka Ranra lies southwest of a lake named Qanchisqucha...
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    Yungay district is a district in the Province of Yungay in the Ancash region, Peru. It was created by law on October 28, 1904. The Cordillera Blanca traverses...
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    driest place in the world, especially the surroundings of the abandoned Yungay mining town, where the University of Antofagasta Desert Research Station...
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  • Order of battle for the Battle of Yungay Confederate Army United Restoration Army Bolivian Division (General Herrera) 1st of Bolivia Battalion (Colonel...
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  • Province, Pamparomas District, and in the Yungay Province, Quillo District. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yungay Province (Ancash Region) "Diccionario:...
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  • in the Ancash Region, Yungay Province, Yungay District, northwest of Huascarán. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yungay Province (Ancash Region)...
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    organized a second attack on the Confederation and defeated it in the Battle of Yungay. After this defeat, Santa Cruz resigned and went to exile in Ecuador and...
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    Statue of Jesus Christ, Klin, Slovakia (9.5 m) There is also a statue in Yungay, Peru. Access escalators Christ the Redeemer after restoration Christ the...
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  • on the border of the districts of Cochabamba and Pariacoto, and in the Yungay Province, Shupluy District. It lies southwest of Willka Wayin. "South America...
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    ultimately defeated by the United Restoration Army in the 1839 Battle of Yungay, which put an end to the War of the Confederation. Historian Jorge Basadre...
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    913 ft) high. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Yungay Province, in the districts Yanama and Yungay. Yanapaccha lies in the Huascarán National Park,...
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  • the Confederation Battle of Buin 6 Jan Battle of Casma 12 Jan Battle of Yungay 20 Jan First Carlist War Battle of Ramales 12 May Texas–Indian wars Battle...
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    the confederation at the Battle of Yungay on 20 January 1839. In Chile tributes were paid to the victors of Yungay and, in a gesture of recognition, 20...
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