Kunturqucha

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Kunturqucha
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Kunturqucha
Location Peru
Ayacucho Region
Coordinates 14°56′06″S73°09′50″W / 14.93500°S 73.16389°W / -14.93500; -73.16389 Coordinates: 14°56′06″S73°09′50″W / 14.93500°S 73.16389°W / -14.93500; -73.16389

Kunturqucha (Quechua hatun big, tipiy to husk maize, to snap, to break, qucha lake, [1] hispanicized spelling Condorccocha) is a lake in Peru located in the Ayacucho Region, Paucar del Sara Sara Province, Oyolo District. [2] It lies southwest of the lakes Tipiqucha, Huch'uy Tipiqucha, Hatun Tipiqucha and Chawpi Tipiqucha, and east of the lake Yanaqucha ("black lake").

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References

  1. Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Paucar del Sara Sara Province Province (Ayacucho Region)