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Barranco District, Lima
''Barranco'' (), which is Spanish for "ravine", may refer to: Places * Barranco, Belize, a village in Toledo District, Belize * Barranco, Spain, a village south of Jijona, Alicante, Spain *Barranco District, Peru *Barranco de Loba, Colombia Persons * Bruno Barranco (born 1997), Argentine football (soccer) player *María Barranco (born 1961), Spanish actress *Javi Barranco (born 1987), Spanish football (soccer) player *Juan Barranco, pseudonym of Spanish comic book artist Óscar Jiménez * Juan Barranco Gallardo, mayor of Madrid 1986–1989 * Dr. Crispin Barranco,(Filipino, born 1925) Physician See also * Barranca (other) * Barrancos Barrancos ( Barranquenho: ''Barrancu'') is a town and a municipality in Portugal. With a population of 1,834 in 2011, it is the least populated municipality in mainland Portugal. Its area is 168.42 km2. The municipality is composed of one pa ... {{dab Spanish words and phrases ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Language
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain. Spanish is the official language of 20 countries. It is the world's second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's fourth-most spoken language overall after English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance language. The largest population of native speakers is in Mexico. Spanish is part of the Ibero-Romance group of languages, which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in Iberia after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century. The oldest Latin texts with traces of Spanish come from mid-northern Iberia in the 9th century, and the first systematic written use of the language happened in Toledo, a prominent c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravine
A ravine is a landform that is narrower than a canyon and is often the product of streambank erosion.Definition of "ravine" at Ravines are typically classified as larger in scale than gullies, although smaller than s. Ravines may also be called a cleuch, dell, ghout ( Nevis), gill or ghyll, |
Barranco District
Barranco is one of 43 districts in Lima, Peru. Its current mayor is José Juan Rodríguez Cárdenas. The district is considered to be the city's most romantic and bohemian, being the home and working place of many of Peru's leading artists, musicians, designers and photographers. In the 19th century, it was a very fashionable beach resort for the Limeño aristocracy, and many people used to spend the summer here and in neighboring Chorrillos. Today, Barranco's beaches are among the most popular within the worldwide surfing community, and a marina completed in 2008 provides state-of-the-art services for its yacht club. Etymology The name ''Barranco'' is Spanish for ravine. Barranco has two ravines; one in the north where Armendariz Avenue is situated between Miraflores District and Barranco, and one near the central part, the ''Bajada de los Baños''. History The District of Barranco was formed from Chorillos District on 26 October 1874. During the 2010s and 2020s, many high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barranco De Loba
Barranco de Loba is a town and municipality located in the Bolívar Department, northern Colombia. Climate Barranco de Loba has a tropical monsoon climate An area of tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a sub-equatorial, tropical wet climate or a tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate) is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification category ... (Am) with moderate rainfall from December to March and heavy to very heavy rainfall from April to November. External links Barranca de Loba official website References {{coord, 8, 57, N, 74, 07, W, region:CO_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki, display=title Municipalities of Bolívar Department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Barranco
Bruno Ignacio Barranco (born 13 March 1997) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Italian Serie D club US Albenga. Career Ferro Carril Oeste Barranco's first senior club became Ferro Carril Oeste in 2016. He made his professional debut in a Primera B Nacional fixture on 9 December versus Brown, he was previously an unused substitute a week prior against Atlético Paraná. In the following July, Barranco scored his first goals against Atlético Paraná and Guillermo Brown. He matched that tally in his second campaign, netting twice across seventeen fixtures. In January 2020, Ferro announced Barranco had been loaned to Slovenian Second League side Krško. However, the forward didn't officially sign for the club despite featuring and scoring in friendly matches. He returned to Argentina in March, prior to filing a freedom of action request against Ferro for lack of payment - the club in turn filed a complaint to the AFA about Barranco's repres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Barranco
María de los Remedios Barranco García (born 11 June 1961) better known as María Barranco is a Spanish actress, who has won two Goya Awards for Best Supporting Actress. Biography María de los Remedios Barranco García was born on 11 June 1961 in Málaga. She studied medicine, but quit to study drama in her city, where she participated in various theatre groups. Later, she moved to Madrid, to debut on stage in a production of ''La venganza de Don Mendo'' (''Don Mendo's revenge''). Barranco made her film debut in 1986's ''El elegido'' (''The Chosen''). She was married to filmmaker Imanol Uribe from 1982 to 2004. They have a daughter, Andrea. Filmography Television *''Sopa boba'' *''Ellas son así'' Goya Award Barranco won the Goya Award for playing a transsexual prostitute in the 1990 film ''The Ages of Lulu''. Other awards included the Miami Hispanic Film Festival Award for Best Actress (for ''Bwana''), the Premios ACE Award for Best Supporting Actress (for ''Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javi Barranco
Francisco Javier 'Javi' Barranco Lucas (born 3 February 1987) is a Spanish footballer who plays for CD Toledo as a central midfielder. Club career Born in Utrera, Province of Seville, Barranco finished his formation with local Sevilla FC, making his senior debuts with the C-team. On 8 January 2006 he first appeared with the reserves, starting in a 0–0 home draw against Écija Balompié in the Segunda División B; he continued to feature mainly for the third side in his beginnings, however. On 31 August 2008 Barranco made his professional debut with the Andalusians' second team, starting in a 1–2 Segunda División loss at Albacete Balompié. On 10 January of the following year he scored his first goal in the competition, in a 1–1 home draw against SD Huesca. In July 2010 Barranco signed with another reserve team, CA Osasuna B in the third level. He continued to compete in the category in the following years, representing Real Unión, CE L'Hospitalet and CD Toledo C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Jimenez (comics)
Óscar Jiménez is a Spanish comic book artist, penciller and inker. Career Jimenez started out in 1993 inking Carlos Pacheco's pencils at Marvel UK and rapidly became well known in the American comic industry for his art on titles such as ''The Flash'', '' JLA'' and '' Contest of Champions II''. He commenced work on '' Avataars: Covenant of the Shield'' but, according to editor Tom Brevoort, "Oscar Jimenez fell apart halfway through the project, requiring us to bring in other diverse hands to finsih it up." The artist has recently returned to mainstream American comics work under the pseudonym Juan Barranco, filling in on '' Squadron Supreme''. He is currently doing work on Avatar's ''Gravel'' series as well as ''Chronicles of Wormwood: The Last Battle'', a mini-series being written by Garth Ennis. Bibliography *''Motormouth & Killpower'' #12 (inks, with writer Matthew Hyde and pencils by Carlos Pacheco, Marvel UK, May 1993) *'' Dark Guard'' (inks, with writer Dan Abnet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Barranco Gallardo
Juan Antonio Barranco Gallardo (born 13 August 1947 in Santiago de Calatrava, Jaén Province) is a retired Spanish politician in the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. He was Mayor of Madrid following the 1986 death of Enrique Tierno Galván, who had been Mayor since 1979. Barranco won the following municipal elections in 1987, but lost the mayoral race in June 1989. Juan Barranco was a municipal councillor for Madrid from 1983 to 1999. He was also a Senator for Madrid from 1989 until 2008 when he returned to the congress of deputies, again representing Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of the Europ .... References External linksBiography at Spanish Congress site 1947 births Living people People from the Province of Jaén (Spain) Mayors of Madrid Spanish Soci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barranca (other)
Barranca (Spanish for "canyon" or "ravine"), may refer to: Geography Argentina * Barranca Yaco, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, Argentina Chile * Barrancas, Pichilemu, a village in Pichilemu Colombia * Barrancas, La Guajira, town and municipality of the Colombian Department of La Guajira * Barranca de Upía, a town and municipality in the Meta Department, Colombia * Barrancabermeja, Colombia Costa Rica * Barranca, a district of Puntarenas, Costa Rica Guatemala * Barranca Grande, a city in San Marcos Department, Guatemala * La Barranca, an aldea of Colotenango, in Huehuetenango, Guatemala * Aldea La Barranca, Cunén, Guatemala * Barranca Honda, Jutiapa, Guatemala * Barranca Seca, Zacapa, Guatemala * Barrancas, Chiquimula, Guatemala * Barranca, Izabal, Guatemala * Barrancas de Galvez, a city in San Marcos Department, Guatemala Mexico * Barranca de Otates, a pueblo in Zacoalco municipality, Jalisco, Mexico * Barranca del Cobre ("Copper Canyon"), Mexico * Metro Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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