Santo Domingo de Yungay
Yungay
Santo Domingo de Yungay | |
|---|---|
Town | |
The town in 1907 | |
| Nickname(s): Señorial, Noble y Heroica Villa de Yungay (1540), Benemérita Ciudad de Yungay (1840), Yungay hermosura (1875) | |
| Coordinates: 9°8′20″S 77°44′40″W / 9.13889°S 77.74444°W | |
| Country | Peru |
| Region | Ancash |
| Province | Yungay |
| District | Yungay |
| Founded | August 4, 1540 |
| Destroyed | May 31, 1970 |
| Founded by | Domingo de Santo Tomás |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Graciela Ángeles (1970) |
| Population (1970) | |
• Total | 20,000 |
| Demonym(s) | Yungaíno, a |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
Yungay, currently known as Yungay Viejo (Spanish for "Old Yungay") and founded in 1540 as Santo Domingo de Yungay, was a town in Peru that served as the seat of the province of the same name in the Department of Ancash. Located 2,400 m.a.s.l., it was destroyed by a landslide that originated at the nearby Huascarán mountain due to the 1970 Ancash earthquake. Five thousand people disappeared during the event, with some 300 people surviving due to taking refuge in the local cemetery.