Lake Chaupicocha (Puno)

Lake Chaupicocha
Lake Chaupicocha
Location	Peru ; Puno Region
Coordinates	13°57′54″S70°24′05″W / 13.96500°S 70.40139°W Coordinates: 13°57′54″S70°24′05″W / 13.96500°S 70.40139°W [1]

Last updated April 16, 2019

Lake Chaupicocha (possibly from Quechua chawpi central, middle, qucha lake)^[2] is a lake in Peru located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Macusani District.^[3] It lies in the Carabaya mountain range, south of Allincapac and southwest of Chichicapac.

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains vertically extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon river.

Carabaya Province is a province of the Puno Region in the southern part of Peru. It is bounded on the north by the Madre de Dios Region, on the east by the Sandia Province, on the south by the provinces of Azángaro, Melgar and Putina and on the west by the Cusco Region. The capital of the province is the city of Macusani.

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References

↑ archive.is "Chaupicocha", retrieved on January 10, 2014
↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe, DICCIONARIO BILINGÜE, Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, Quechua – Castellano, Castellano – Quechua (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Carabaya Province (Puno Region)

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[1] rchive.is "Chaupicocha", retrieved on January 10, 2014

[2] Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe, DICCIONARIO BILINGÜE, Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, Quechua – Castellano, Castellano – Quechua (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)

[3] scale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Carabaya Province (Puno Region)

Lake Chaupicocha
Location	Peru Puno Region
Coordinates	13°57′54″S70°24′05″W / 13.96500°S 70.40139°W / -13.96500; -70.40139 Coordinates: 13°57′54″S70°24′05″W / 13.96500°S 70.40139°W / -13.96500; -70.40139 ^[1]