Deportivo Wanka is a Peruvian football club, based in the city of Huancayo in the Peruvian Andes . It was founded in 1969 and is named after the Wankas people who formerly inhabited the area and after whom the city of Huancayo is named. The current Deportivo Wanka is merged with Deportivo Pesquero of Chimbote but its home city is still Huancayo. They play their home games at Estadio Huancayo . Their last First Division participation was in 2004. They protested against their relegation and were suspended from participating in any football tournament.
9-832: [REDACTED] Look up wanka in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wanka , Wanqa , Huanca or their plurals may refer to: In Peru [ edit ] Huanca people or Wancas or Wankas, a Quechua people living in the Junín Region Wanka Quechua , a variety of the Quechua language Huanca District in Caylloma Province Huancas District in Chachapoyas Province Deportivo Wanka ,
18-746: A Quechua people living in the Junín Region of central Peru , in and around the Mantaro Valley . The southern branch of Huanca people are called the Wanka Waylla Quechua and Southern Huancayo Quechua. The Jauja Wanka are also called Wanka Jauja Quechua and Shawsha Wanka Quechua people. They gave their name to the Peruvian football team Deportivo Wanka . After fierce fighting, the Huanca people were conquered by Pachacuti in
27-417: A U.S. Navy motorboat See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Wanka Wank (disambiguation) Wanker (disambiguation) Wonka (disambiguation) Wanké Wänke Wainka Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Wanka . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
36-485: A football club Huanca (mountain) , in the Andes of Peru Huanca (monolith) , sacred stone monuments People [ edit ] Johanna Wanka (born 1951), German politician Rolf Wanka (1901–1982), Austrian actor Lamar Nelson (born 1991), known as Wanka, Jamaican football player Other uses [ edit ] Wańka, or Filipinka , unofficial names for a Polish hand grenade USS Wanka (1901) ,
45-408: A lack of oxygen from the high altitude. The club was relegated that season anyway. In 2006, it emerged that Deportivo Wanka shirts had become a cult collectible item for British football fans, with over 1,000 shirts selling in the space of a few weeks. The British slang word wanker "one who masturbates ", sounds like Wanka when said with a ( non-rhotic ) British accent . The Sun quoted
54-607: The Primera División Peruana The team aroused controversy in 2004 when it moved its base to Cerro de Pasco , the highest city in the world and almost certainly the world's highest venue for professional football, at an altitude of 4,380 m (13,973 ft) above sea level, well above the point where altitude sickness becomes a problem. Its opponents criticised the move as an attempt to stave off relegation by playing in conditions that no other team could tolerate, including hail, rain, near-freezing temperatures and
63-665: The 15th century and incorporated into Tawantinsuyu , the Inca Empire. The Huanca helped the Spaniards during the conquest of Peru . They provided supplies and men to the Spanish army. The Huanca people speak Jauja Wanka Quechua and Waylla Wanka Quechua , both Quechua I languages. These languages differ significantly from the Incas' Quechua of Cusco . (see Mantaro Valley ) Deportivo Wanka Club Ovacion Miraflores
72-543: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wanka&oldid=1244149821 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Language and nationality disambiguation pages Huanca people The Huancas , Wancas , or Wankas are
81-728: Was founded in 1969 in Chimbote , which would later become Ovación Sipesa . They played in the First Division of Chimbote and received sponsorship from the fishing trade union Sipesa. In 1992 they were promoted to the First Division and in 1993 they played in the Copa CONMEBOL . In 1996 the trade union ceased sponsoring the club and therefore changed their club name to Deportivo Pesquero . In 2000, Deportivo Pesquero and Deportivo Wanka merged, giving Huancayo access to
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