Paracas or ''variation'', may refer to:

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Paracas Peninsula The Paracas Peninsula is a desert peninsula within the boundaries of the Paracas National Reserve, a marine reserve that extends south along the coast of Peru. The only marine reserve in the country, it is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Sit ...

, located in the Ica Region of Peru *

Paracas Bay Paracas Bay is a bay in the Department of Ica, Peru. With its southern end lying within the Paracas National Reservation, the bay is well known for its abundant wildlife. The unique ecosystem, insulated from thrashing ocean waves and current by ...

, located in the Pisco Province of the Ica Region in Peru *

Paracas (municipality) Paracas is the capital of the Paracas District in the Ica Region in Peru. A small port town catering to tourism, Paracas serves as the jumping point for tours to Islas Ballestas and to Paracas National Reserve. The Paracas Bay, protected by P ...

, the capital city of the Paracas District *

Paracas District Paracas District is one of eight districts of the province Pisco in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática The Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI) ("National Institute of Statistics and Informatics") is a ...

, located in the Pisco Province of the Ica Region in Peru *

Paracas National Reserve Paracas National Reserve is a protected area in the region of Ica Region, Ica, Peru and protects desert and marine ecosystems for their conservation and sustainable use. There are also archaeological remains of the Paracas culture inside the rese ...

Paracas civilization

Paracas culture The Paracas culture was an Andean society existing between approximately 800 BCE and 100 BCE, with an extensive knowledge of irrigation and water management and that made significant contributions in the textile arts. It was located in what toda ...

, an Andean society that existed in Peru between approximately 750 BC and 100 AD *

Paracas Candelabra The Paracas Candelabra, also called the Candelabra of the Andes, or El Candelabro (the Trident), is a well-known prehistoric geoglyph found on the northern face of the Paracas Peninsula at Pisco Bay in Peru Peru, officially the Republic of ...

, a prehistoric geoglyph on the Paracas Peninsula *

Paracas textile The Paracas textiles were found at a necropolis in Peru in the 1920s. The necropolis held 420 bodies who had been mummified and wrapped in embroidered textiles of the Paracas culture in 200–300 BCE. The examples in the British Museum show fl ...

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* Climate-adaptive skincare brand Paraca

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Hotel Paracas Hotel Paracas, part of The Luxury Collection, is a five star hotel located near Pisco, Peru, 240 kilometres south of Lima. The hotel was established in year 1944 by Emilio Guimoye and is a luxury resort surrounded by desert at Paracas Bay on the P ...

, Pisco, Peru; a luxury resort hotel * Savo Parača, president of the basketball club ''

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'' * Nikola Parača (born 1999), basketball player on the ''

'' * Paraca (racehorse), winner of the 2003

Birthday Card Stakes The Birthday Card Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 3 Thoroughbred quality handicap horse race, for fillies and mares aged three years old and upwards, over a distance of 1200 metres, held at Rosehill Racecourse in Sydney, Australia in March. ...

, 2004 D.C. McKay Stakes

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Paracas civilization

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