Service In Huanta

Resource:  Goshen College
by jerrellrr

Huanta, the “Emerald of the Andes,” is situated at 2,627 meters (over 8,600 feet) above sea level. Despite the high elevation, the sun shines almost every day in this protected valley and the daytime temperatures are warm. Home to over 80,000 people, this small city feels more like a mountain town. Most of its inhabitants moved here to escape the violence between the Shining Path Maoist terrorist movement and the Peruvian government in the 1980s and early 90s. These rural transplants have settled into the many neighborhoods that surround the business district. Here they have tried to make a new life — building homes, finding work and enrolling their children in school.

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