Kuchpanqa

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Kuchpanqa
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Kuchpanqa
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,100 m (16,700 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 10°45′23″S76°35′42″W / 10.75639°S 76.59500°W / -10.75639; -76.59500 Coordinates: 10°45′23″S76°35′42″W / 10.75639°S 76.59500°W / -10.75639; -76.59500  
Geography
Location Peru, Pasco Region
Parent range Andes

Kuchpanqa (Quechua kuchpay to roll, -nqa an archaic nominalising suffix to indicate a place destinated for something, [2] [3] "(place) for rolling something", hispanicized spelling Cuchpanga) is a mountain at a small lake of that name in the Andes of Peru, about 5,100 metres (16,732 ft) high. It is located in the Pasco Region, Pasco Province, in the districts of and Huayllay and Simón Bolívar. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Pasco Province (Pasco Region)
  2. ↑ Yachakuqkunapa Simi Qullqa, Ayakuchu Chanka, Qichwa Simipi (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Rodolfo Cerrón-Palomino, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Sufijos arcaicos quechuas en la toponimia andina, Etimologias, Lexis XXVI. 2 (2002): 559-577
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