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Paracas or ''variation'', may refer to:


Places

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Paracas Peninsula The Paracas Peninsula is a desert peninsula within the boundaries of the Paracas National Reserve, a marine reserve that extends south along the coast of Peru. The only marine reserve in the country, it is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Sit ...
, located in the Ica Region of Peru * Paracas Bay, located in the Pisco Province of the Ica Region in Peru *
Paracas (municipality) Paracas is the capital of the Paracas District in the Ica Region in Peru. A small port town catering to tourism, Paracas serves as the jumping point for tours to Islas Ballestas and to Paracas National Reserve. The Paracas Bay, protected by P ...
, the capital city of the Paracas District * Paracas District, located in the Pisco Province of the Ica Region in Peru *
Paracas National Reserve Paracas National Reserve is a protected area in the region of Ica Region, Ica, Peru and protects desert and marine ecosystems for their conservation and sustainable use. There are also archaeological remains of the Paracas culture inside the rese ...


Paracas civilization

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Paracas culture The Paracas culture was an Andean society existing between approximately 800 BCE and 100 BCE, with an extensive knowledge of irrigation and water management and that made significant contributions in the textile arts. It was located in what toda ...
, an Andean society that existed in Peru between approximately 750 BC and 100 AD * Paracas Candelabra, a prehistoric geoglyph on the Paracas Peninsula *
Paracas textile The Paracas textiles were found at a necropolis in Peru in the 1920s. The necropolis held 420 bodies who had been mummified and wrapped in embroidered textiles of the Paracas culture in 200–300 BCE. The examples in the British Museum show fl ...


Other uses

* Climate-adaptive skincare brand Paraca

* Hotel Paracas, Pisco, Peru; a luxury resort hotel * Savo Parača, president of the basketball club ''
KK Lovćen KK, K.K., kK, k.k., or other sequences of two k's with or without punctuation may refer to: Arts and media *KK, the production code for the 1967 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Faceless Ones'' * "KK" (song), a 2014 song by Wiz Khalifa * Kk. or Kirk ...
'' * Nikola Parača (born 1999), basketball player on the ''
KK Lovćen KK, K.K., kK, k.k., or other sequences of two k's with or without punctuation may refer to: Arts and media *KK, the production code for the 1967 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Faceless Ones'' * "KK" (song), a 2014 song by Wiz Khalifa * Kk. or Kirk ...
'' * Paraca (racehorse), winner of the 2003 Birthday Card Stakes, 2004 D.C. McKay Stakes


See also

* Paracas–Arequipa–Antofalla terrain, a geological unit of the Central Andes * Nazca (disambiguation), including the post-Paracas * {{disambig, geo