CORONGO VILLAGE

Corongo village is the capital of Corongo Province, one of the provinces of the department of Ancash. This province is the cradle of "Las Pallas de Corongo", "Panatahuas" and "Los Mata San Pedro".

The Province of Corongo, it is divided in seven (7) districts: Aco, Bambas, Corongo, Cusca, La Pampa, Yanac and Yupan.

CORONGO VILLAGE

COCHAPAMPA FROM THE VIEWPOINT

SAN PEDRO CHURCH
The Patron Saint of the Corongo Village is San Pedro

BRIDGE OF LIME AND PEBBLES

BRIDGE OF LIME AND PEBBLES

CHAMPARA - CALLAHUACA
The snow covered Champara (5,735 meters over de sea level) is considered like emblem and symbol of "Coronguinos". Additional to this there are four, they are: Pajra (5,718 meters over de sea level); Gaico (5,049 meters over de sea level), Rosko or Cordillera (5,087 meters over de sea level) and Cashcarajra or San Julian (5,020 meters over de sea level). The first and the second are considered like of high difficulty in its climbing.

LAGUNA HUINCHOS (HUINCHUS) - CUSCA
Exist in the zone more than 50 lagoons, being the most important those that are in the Cusca district, like the Rutu, Chaljat, Carangay, Huinchus and Sarca; that this formed by two lagoons.
Photo: Book "Corongo and Its Resources" - Delfin Marino Cardenas.

"PALLAS DE CORONGO" IN LIMA

"LA PALLA DE CORONGO"
Photo: "Gold Book" of the Corongo Province - Courtesy Family De la Cruz Salas

PANATAHUAS
The clothes of panatahua consists of: "Bonetes", mask, white shirt, black necktie, fabric band of colors, "pañolones con flecos", trousers, "llanques o ojotas", chicotillas of band or fabric of colors with two twisted branches and a single ear.

Within its natural tourist atractions, they deserve to be mentioned in special way the thermal baths of Pacatqui and Aticara, which have relaxing and healing properties by their content of iron, sulfur and other active elements in ion form.

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