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thumb | right | Location of Recuay in Ancash '''Recuay District''' is one of ten districts of the Recuay Province in Peru.<ref>{{in lang|es}} Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. ''[http://desa.inei.gob.pe/mapas/bid/ Banco de Información Distrital] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423164200/http://desa.inei.gob.pe/mapas/bid/ |date=2008-04-23 }}''. Retrieved April 11, 2008.</ref>
Its capital is the town of Recuay in the Callejón de Huaylas Valley.
==Recuay culture== {{Main|Recuay culture}}
The Recuay culture was a highland culture of Peru that flourished in 200 BC-600 AD and was related to the Moche culture of the north coast. It is named after the Recuay area.
The Recuay area is very close to the earlier Chavin culture centre of Chavin de Huantar that lies just to the west. Thus, the Recuay originally occupied much of the territory of the Chavin, and were greatly influenced by them.
The culture especially flourished in the Callejón de Huaylas region, and along the Marañón River. It also spread to the valleys of the Santa, Casma and Huarmey rivers. To the north, it reached the area of Pashash, in Pallasca. Willkawayin was one of their important settlements.
==Climate==
{{Weather box|width=auto |metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Recuay, elevation {{convert|3431|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020) |Jan high C = 20.4 |Feb high C = 20.1 |Mar high C = 19.7 |Apr high C = 20.5 |May high C = 21.2 |Jun high C = 21.6 |Jul high C = 21.9 |Aug high C = 22.3 |Sep high C = 22.1 |Oct high C = 21.3 |Nov high C = 21.0 |Dec high C = 20.6 |year high C = |Jan low C = 6.1 |Feb low C = 6.4 |Mar low C = 6.4 |Apr low C = 5.8 |May low C = 4.0 |Jun low C = 1.8 |Jul low C = 0.8 |Aug low C = 1.3 |Sep low C = 3.3 |Oct low C = 4.8 |Nov low C = 5.1 |Dec low C = 5.8 |year low C = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 116.6 |Feb precipitation mm = 127.5 |Mar precipitation mm = 173.5 |Apr precipitation mm = 95.1 |May precipitation mm = 30.9 |Jun precipitation mm = 6.4 |Jul precipitation mm = 2.1 |Aug precipitation mm = 5.6 |Sep precipitation mm = 28.9 |Oct precipitation mm = 67.1 |Nov precipitation mm = 71.4 |Dec precipitation mm = 111.4 |year precipitation mm = |source 1 = National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru<ref name = SENAMHI>{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230821192714/https://www.senamhi.gob.pe/?p=normales-estaciones | archive-date = 21 August 2023 | url = https://www.senamhi.gob.pe/?p=normales-estaciones | title = Normales Climaticás Estándares y Medias 1991-2020 | publisher=National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru | access-date = 6 November 2023}}</ref> }}
== See also == * Puka Allpa * Puka Hirka
==References== {{Reflist}}
*Lau, George F., ''Andean expressions : art and archaeology of the Recuay culture.'' Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2011 *{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1179/jfa.2004.29.1-2.177| title = The Recuay Culture of Peru's North- Central Highlands: A Reappraisal of Chronology and Its Implications| journal = Journal of Field Archaeology| volume = 29| pages = 177| year = 2004| last1 = Lau | first1 = G. F. }}
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