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Discover Pirca in Peru

Pirca in the region of Ayacucho is a town located in Peru - some 238 mi or ( 384 km ) South-East of Lima , the country's capital .

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Local time in Pirca is now 11:13 PM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " America/Lima " with a UTC offset of -5 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Trigal, Tambo Quemado, Pataraya, Orcona, and Moyopampa. When in this area, you might want to check out Trigal . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Pirca ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Nazca District

Nazca District is one of five districts of the province Nazca in Peru.

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Located at -14.83 -74.94 (Lat./Long.); Less than 23 km away
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Nazca

Nazca (sometimes spelled Nasca) is a city and a system of valleys on the southern coast of Peru, and the name of the region's largest existing town in the Nazca Province. It is also the name applied to the Nazca culture that flourished in the area between 100 BC and AD 800. They were responsible for the Nazca Lines and the ceremonial city of Cahuachi; they also constructed an impressive system of underground aqueducts named Puquios, that still function today.

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Located at -14.83 -74.94 (Lat./Long.); Less than 24 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Peru, Geography of Peru, Populated places in the Ica Region

Nazca Plate

The Nazca Plate, named after the Nazca region of southern Peru, is an oceanic tectonic plate in the eastern Pacific Ocean basin off the west coast of South America. The ongoing subduction, along the Peru-Chile Trench, of the Nazca Plate under the South American Plate is largely responsible for the Andean orogeny. The Nazca Plate is bounded on the west by the Pacific Plate and to the south by the Antarctic Plate through the East Pacific Rise and the Chile Rise respectively.

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Located at -14.83 -74.94 (Lat./Long.); Less than 24 km away
Tags: Geology of Chile, Geology of the Pacific Ocean, Natural history of South America, Tectonic plates

Nazca Province

The Nazca Province (Spanish: Provincia de Nazca) is one of five provinces of the Ica Region of Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Nazca.

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Located at -14.83 -74.94 (Lat./Long.); Less than 24 km away
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Maria Reiche Neuman Airport

The Maria Reiche Neuman Airport is a small airport near Nazca, Ica region, Peru. The airport receives small number of charter domestic flights. The main use of the airport is for touristic flights over the Nazca lines. The airport is named after Maria Reiche.

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Located at -14.85 -74.96 (Lat./Long.); Less than 27 km away
Tags: Airports in Peru, Ica Region

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