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Located at in the foothills of the San Juan range in Ancash, at an altitude of 2,250 meters (7,382 feet), the city of Caraz is also known as Caraz Dulzura, or "Sweet Caraz," perhaps because sugar cane was once a popular crop, which in turn might have led to the community’s love of ice cream and pastries (most notably the milk-and-sugar confection, "manjar blanco") manifest in their many pastry shops.
Unlike the other cities in the Ancash region, Caraz suffered little structural damage during the 8.0 1970 earthquake...
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