Yanahuara District is a suburb within the city of
Arequipa
Arequipa (; Aymara and qu, Ariqipa) is a city and capital of province and the eponymous department of Peru. It is the seat of the Constitutional Court of Peru and often dubbed the "legal capital of Peru". It is the second most populated city ...
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Peru
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. Yanahuara is well known for its buildings built from
sillar
Sillar is a variety of rhyolite, which is a type of volcanic rock. Although sillar is of rhyolitic composition, it has been erupted from volcanoes which mostly erupt andesite lava, and sillar contains small fragments of andesite. A pink variety of ...
, a pearly white volcanic rock. At least 1/4 of the district's area is taken by "Umacollo", where various middle-class residential houses of the city are located. Yanahuara includes the popular avenue strip known as the "Avenida Ejército", where many banks and modern offices are also located. Its surroundings contain various well-cared churches of the
Spanish-colonial era, as well as public parks and the well-known "el mirador e iglesia de Yanahuara", a popular spot where tourists concur to view the city and its background volcanoes.
Communities in Yanahuara
# Valencia
# Primavera
# Barrio Magisterial 2
# La Buganvillas
# Santa Cecilia
# Las Retamas
# San José
# Quinta Alpex
# Jardin
# Independencia Americana
# Entel Perú
# Cesar Vallejo
# Ibarguen
# Los Claveles
# Santa Beatriz
# Barreda
# Piedra Santa I
# Los Cedros
# Los Independientes
# La Estancia
# Torreblanca
# Buena Vista
# La Gruta
# Los Gladiolos
# La Rinconada
# Virgen del Carmen
# Magnopata
# Los Gladiolos
# Piedra Santa II
# Las Malvinas
# Quinta Santa Catalina
# Santa Patricia
# Quinta Las Casuarinas
# El Remanzo
# Quinta Claudia
# Quinta Leoncio Prado
# Los Sauces
# San Rafael
# Villa El Prado F30631
# Quinta La Cascada
# San Pedro
# El Texao
# Paisajista Chilina
# Luebke Reorganizada
# Antonio Raymondi
# Fraternidad
# Juan XXIII
# Quiroz Garcia
# Magisterial 174 III Etapa
# Nuestra Señora de Fatima
# Entel Perú
# La Rinconada
# El Silencio
# Quinta La Gruta
# Quinta García Calderón
# Quinta La Sevillana
# Quinta María Santos
Images
File:IglesiaYanahuara.JPG, Church San Juan Bautista in Yanahuara
File:Yanahuara Stevage.jpg, The main square in Yanahuara
External links
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Official district web site
{{Districts of Arequipa Region
Districts of the Arequipa Province
Districts of the Arequipa Region