Barranca (Spanish for "canyon" or "ravine"), may refer to:
Geography
Argentina
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Barranca Yaco
Barranca de Yaco or Barranca Yaco (from the Spanish ''barranca'' ( gully) and the Quechua ''yaku'' (water)) is a geographical feature along the ancient ''camino real'' (''royal road'') of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, located between V ...
, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, Argentina
Chile
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Barrancas, Pichilemu
Barrancas (Spanish for ''canyons'', ) is a Chilean village located in Pichilemu, Cardenal Caro Province
Cardenal Caro Province ( es, Provincia Cardenal Caro) is one of the three provinces of the central Chilean region of O'Higgins (VI). The capit ...
, a village in Pichilemu
Colombia
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Costa Rica
* Barranca, a district of
Puntarenas
Puntarenas () is a city in the Puntarenas (canton), Puntarenas canton of Puntarenas Province, on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. As the seat of the Municipality of Puntarenas canton, it is awarded the title of city, which is made from the Puntar ...
, Costa Rica
Guatemala
* Barranca Grande, a city in
San Marcos Department
San Marcos is a department in northwestern Guatemala, on the Pacific Ocean and along the western Guatemala-Mexico border.
The department's capital is the city of San Marcos.
History
Colonial period
The Spanish conquest of Guatemalan Highlan ...
, Guatemala
* La Barranca, an aldea of
Colotenango, in Huehuetenango, Guatemala
* Aldea La Barranca, Cunén,
Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...
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Barranca Honda,
Jutiapa
Jutiapa is a city and a municipality in the Jutiapa department of Guatemala.
Located 124 km from the city of Guatemala City, at an altitude of 892 m (2,926 ft), , Guatemala
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Barranca Seca,
Zacapa
Zacapa () is the departmental capital municipality of Zacapa Department
Zacapa () is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala. It lies in eastern Guatemala with its capital in the city of Zacapa, approximately 112 kilometers (70 miles) from G ...
, Guatemala
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Barrancas,
Chiquimula
Chiquimula is a city in Guatemala. It is the capital of the department of Chiquimula and the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name.
It is located some 174 km from Guatemala City and within Guatemala known as "La per ...
, Guatemala
* Barranca,
Izabal, Guatemala
* Barrancas de Galvez, a city in
San Marcos Department
San Marcos is a department in northwestern Guatemala, on the Pacific Ocean and along the western Guatemala-Mexico border.
The department's capital is the city of San Marcos.
History
Colonial period
The Spanish conquest of Guatemalan Highlan ...
, Guatemala
Mexico
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Barranca de Otates
Barranca de Otates or Barranca de los Otates is a pueblo in Mexico. Its municipality is Zacoalco de Torres in Jalisco
Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jal ...
, a pueblo in Zacoalco municipality, Jalisco, Mexico
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Barranca del Cobre
Copper Canyon (Spanish: Barrancas del Cobre) is a group of six distinct canyons in the Sierra Madre Occidental in the southwestern part of the state of Chihuahua in northwestern Mexico that is in size. The canyons were formed by six rivers tha ...
("Copper Canyon"), Mexico
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Metro Barranca del Muerto
Barranca del Muerto is the southern terminus of Line 7 of the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Álvaro Obregón borough. In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 45,703 passengers per day, making it the busiest station in Line 7. ...
, metro station in Mexico City
Peru
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Barranca District, Datem del Marañón
Barranca District is one of six districts of the province Datem del Marañón in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática
The Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI) ("National Institute of Statistics and Info ...
in the Loreto Region
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Barranca District, Barranca
Barranca District is one of five districts of the province Barranca in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática
The Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI) ("National Institute of Statistics and Informatics") ...
in the Lima Region
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Barranca Province
The Barranca Province is one of the nine provinces in the Lima Region of Peru. It was created by Law No. 23939 on October 5, 1984 by the government of President Fernando Belaunde Terry. Geographically, the province has a flat terrain crossed by the ...
in the Lima Region
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Barranca, Lima
Barranca is a city in coastal Peru, capital of the Barranca Province in the Department of Lima
The Department of Lima () is a department and region located in the central coast of Peru, the ''seat of the Regional Government'' is Huacho.
Lima P ...
United States
* Barranca, a town in
Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Rio Arriba County is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 40,246. Its county seat is Tierra Amarilla. Its northern border is the Colorado state line.
Rio Arriba County comprises the Española, N ...
, USA
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Barrancas National Cemetery
Barrancas National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located at Naval Air Station Pensacola, in the city of Pensacola, Florida. It encompasses , and as of 2021 had over 50,000 interments.
History
The area has been used as a burial g ...
, a United States National Cemetery located at Naval Air Station Pensacola, in the city of Pensacola, Florida
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Fort Barrancas
Fort Barrancas (1839) or Fort San Carlos de Barrancas (from 1787) is a United States military fort and National Historic Landmark in the former Warrington area of Pensacola, Florida, located physically within Naval Air Station Pensacola, which wa ...
, in the Warrington area of Pensacola, Florida
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The Barranca
Arroyo Conejo Open Space is a open space reserve in the western Simi Hills in northern Newbury Park, Ventura County, California. Most of it is part of the Arroyo Conejo Nature Preserve (sometimes shortened to the Arroyo Nature Preserve).
Geog ...
, in
Newbury Park, California
Newbury Park is a populated place and townReal Estate Communications, Inc. (1984). ''California Real Estate Directory''. Page 201. in Ventura County, California, United States.
Most of it lies within the western Thousand Oaks city limits, while ...
Fiction
* Las Barrancas, a fictional town in a fictional county in the computer game,
Grand Theft Auto
''Grand Theft Auto'' (''GTA'') is a series of action-adventure games created by David Jones (video game developer), David Jones and Mike Dailly (game designer), Mike Dailly. Later titles were developed under the oversight of brothers Dan Hous ...
* The guide
Barranca in the opening scenes of ''Raiders of the Lost Ark''
* The setting of the 1939
Howard Hawks
Howard Winchester Hawks (May 30, 1896December 26, 1977) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter of the classic Hollywood era. Critic Leonard Maltin called him "the greatest American director who is not a household name."
A v ...
film
Only Angels Have Wings
''Only Angels Have Wings'' is a 1939 American Adventure film, adventure drama (film and television), drama film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Cary Grant and Jean Arthur, and is based on a story written by Hawks. Its plot follows the manager ...
Music
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La Barranca rock group from Mexico City
See also
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Baranca (disambiguation)
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