Barranca
Encyclopedia
Fiction
- Las Barrancas, a fictional town in a fictional county in the computer game, Grand Theft Auto
- The guide Barranca in the opening scenes of Raiders of the Lost Ark
Definition:
1. A deep ravine or gorge.
2. A bluff.
[Spanish, probably of Iberian origin.]
Colombia
- Barrancas, La GuajiraBarrancas, La GuajiraBarrancas is a town and municipality of the Colombian Department of La Guajira. The municipality of Barrancas is located to the left margin of the Ranchería River in a valley formed between the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains and the Serrania del Perija. Barrancas has a total area of 742 km²...
, town and municipality of the Colombian Department of La Guajira - Barranca de UpíaBarranca de UpíaBarranca de Upía is a town and municipality in the Meta Department, Colombia....
, a town and municipality in the Meta Department, Colombia - BarrancabermejaBarrancabermejaBarrancabermeja is a city and municipality in Santander Department, in northeastern Colombia. It is located on the banks of the Magdalena River in the Middle Magdalena region, 110 km west of Bucaramanga. Founded in 1536, Barrancabermeja is home of the biggest petroleum refinery in Colombia,...
, Colombia
Guatemala
- Barranca Grande, a city in San Marcos Department, Guatemala
- La Barranca, an aldea of ColotenangoColotenangoColotenango is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Huehuetenango. It is situated at above sea level. It contains 14,000 people. It covers a terrain of . The annual festival is February 12-15....
, in Huehuetenango, Guatemala - Aldea La Barranca, Cunén, GuatemalaGuatemalaGuatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
- Barranca Honda, JutiapaJutiapa (department)Jutiapa is a department of Guatemala that borders along El Salvador and the Pacific Ocean. The capital is the city of Jutiapa. It has a population of about 400,000, primarily of European and Native American extractions.The population is ethnically "ladinos" in its majority...
, Guatemala - Barranca Seca, ZacapaZacapa (department)Zacapa is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala. The capital is the city of Zacapa.- Municipalities :# Cabañas# Estanzuela# Gualán# Huité# La Unión# Río Hondo# San Diego# Teculután# Usumatlán# Zacapa-External links:***...
, Guatemala - Barrancas, ChiquimulaChiquimula (department)- Municipalities :# Camotán# Chiquimula# Concepción Las Minas# Esquipulas# Ipala# Jocotán# Olopa# Quezaltepeque# San Jacinto# San José La Arada# San Juan Ermita-External links:*...
, Guatemala - Barranca, IzabalIzabal (department)Izabal is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala. Its coastal areas form part of the homeland of the Garifuna people.Izabal is bordered to the north by Belize, to the north east by the Gulf of Honduras, and to the east by Honduras, and by the Guatemalan departments of Petén to the north west,...
, Guatemala - Barrancas de Galvez, a city in San Marcos Department, Guatemala
Mexico
- Barranca de OtatesBarranca de OtatesBarranca de los Otates is a pueblo in Mexico. Its municipality is Zacoalco de Torres in Jalisco. This town long ago was filled with many Otates also known as Mexican weeping bamboo that were all along the canyon near the river that flows thru this small town. The plant was used to make baskets of...
, a pueblo in Zacoalco municipality, Jalisco, Mexico - Barranca del Cobre ("Copper Canyon"), Mexico
- Las Barrancas AirstripLas Barrancas AirstripLas Barrancas Airstrip is a public dirt airstrip located in Las Barrancas, Municipality of Comondú, Baja California Sur, Mexico, a fishing town located on the Pacific Ocean coast. The airstrip is used solely for general aviation purposes, but currently is temporarily closed....
, a closed public dirt airstrip located in Las Barrancas, Municipality of Comondú, Baja California Sur, Mexico - Metro Barranca del MuertoMetro Barranca del MuertoMetro Barranca del Muerto is a station on the Mexico City Metro,Mexico. It is located in the Álvaro Obregón borough. Its logo represents two eagles, some say buzzards....
, metro station in Mexico City
Peru
- Barranca District, Datem del MarañónBarranca District, Datem del MarañónBarranca District is one of six districts of the province Datem del Marañón in Peru.-References:...
in the Loreto Region - Barranca District, BarrancaBarranca District, BarrancaBarranca District is one of five districts of the province Barranca in Peru.-References:...
in the Lima Region - Barranca ProvinceBarranca ProvinceThe Barranca Province is one of the nine provinces in the Lima Region of Peru. It was created by Law No. 23939 on October 5, 1984 by the government of President Fernando Belaunde Terry...
in the Lima Region - Barranca, LimaBarranca, LimaBarranca is a city in central Peru, capital of the province Barranca in the region Lima.-External links:...
United States
- Barranca, a town in Rio Arriba County, New MexicoRio Arriba County, New Mexico-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*51.6% White*0.5% Black*16.0% Native American*0.4% Asian*0.0% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*3.3% Two or more races*28.2% Other races*71.3% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...
, USA - Barrancas National CemeteryBarrancas National CemeteryBarrancas National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located at Naval Air Station Pensacola, in the city of Pensacola, Florida. It encompasses , and as of the end of 2005, had 32,643 interments.- History :...
, a United States National Cemetery located at Naval Air Station Pensacola, in the city of Pensacola, Florida - Fort BarrancasFort BarrancasFort Barrancas or Fort San Carlos de Barrancas is a historic United States military fort in the Warrington area of Pensacola, Florida, located physically on Naval Air Station Pensacola....
, in the Warrington area of Pensacola, Florida