Inka Pirqa

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Inka Pirqa
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Inka Pirqa
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,075 m (16,650 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 14°07′20″S71°12′52″W / 14.12222°S 71.21444°W / -14.12222; -71.21444 Coordinates: 14°07′20″S71°12′52″W / 14.12222°S 71.21444°W / -14.12222; -71.21444  
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region, Canchis Province
Parent range Andes

Inka Pirqa or Inkapirqa (Quechua Inka Inca, pirqa (Kichwa pirka) wall, [2] "Inca wall", Hispanicized spelling Incaperca) is a 5,075-metre-high (16,650 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, on the border of the districts of Combapata and San Pablo. [3]

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Kichwa language Quechuan language of Ecuador and Colombia

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References

  1. ↑ Peru 1:100,000, Sicuani 2642, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  2. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Canchis Province (Cusco Region) (unnamed)


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