Barranca (Spanish for "canyon" or "ravine"), may refer to:

Geography

Argentina

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

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

Barrancas, La Guajira Barrancas is a town and municipality of the Colombian Department of La Guajira. The municipality of Barrancas is located to the left margin of the Ranchería River in a valley formed between the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains and the Ser ...

, town and municipality of the Colombian Department of La Guajira *

Barranca de Upía Barranca de Upía is a town and municipality in the Meta Department, Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast ...

, a town and municipality in the Meta Department, Colombia *

Barrancabermeja Barrancabermeja is a city in Colombia, located on the shore of the Magdalena River, in the western part of the department of Santander. It is home to the largest oil refinery in the country, under direct management of ECOPETROL. Barrancabermeja ...

, Colombia

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 Colotenango is a town and municipality in the Guatemalan department of Huehuetenango. The municipality is situated at above sea level and has a population of 34,834 (2018 census). It covers an area of . The annual festival is August 12–15. Co ...

, 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 ...

* 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 * 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 * 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

, Guatemala

Mexico

Barranca de Otates Barranca de Otates or Barranca de los Otates is a pueblo in Mexico. Its municipality is Zacoalco de Torres in Jalisco. History The town long ago was filled with (Mexican weeping bamboo) that grew all along the canyon near the river that flows ...

, a pueblo in Zacoalco municipality, Jalisco, Mexico *

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 *

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

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 *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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 Barranca (Spanish for "canyon" or "ravine"), may refer to: Geography Argentina * Barranca Yaco, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, Argentina Chile * Barrancas, Pichilemu, a village in Pichilemu Colombia * Barrancas, La Guajira, town and ...

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

* La Barranca rock group from Mexico City