Key facts
- Cultures
- Chavín culture
- Location
- Ancash Region , Peru
- Built
- Before 1200 BC; 3225–3226 years ago
- Height
- 3,180 metres (10,430 ft)
- Official name
- Chavín (Archaeological Site)
- Criteria
- Cultural: (iii)
- Inscription
- 1985 (9th Session )
- Area
- 14.79 ha (36.5 acres; 1,592,000 sq ft)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- World Heritage Site
- Named after
- Chavín culture
- Country
- Peru
- Located in
- Huari Province
- Area
- 14.79
- Location
- Chavín de Huantar District
- Image
- Chavin de Huantar El Castillo 06122009.jpg
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- Chavín de Huántar (archaeological site)
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- Operation Chavín de Huántar
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- Chavín de Huántar
- culture
- Chavín culture
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Encyclopedic overview
Chavín de Huántar is an archaeological site in Peru, containing ruins and artifacts constructed as early as 1200 BC, and occupied until around 400–500 BC by the Chavín, a major pre-Inca culture. The site is located in the Ancash Region, 434 kilometers (270 mi) north of Lima, at an elevation of 3,180 meters (10,430 ft), east of the Cordillera Blanca at the start of the Conchucos Valley.
Chavín de Huántar has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Some of the Chavín relics from this archaeological site are on display in the Museo de la Nación in Lima and the Museo Nacional de Chavín in Chavín itself.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chavin de Huantar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.