P'itiqucha (Huanza)

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P'itiqucha
Location Lima Region
Coordinates 11°32′42″S76°26′03″W / 11.54500°S 76.43417°W / -11.54500; -76.43417 Coordinates: 11°32′42″S76°26′03″W / 11.54500°S 76.43417°W / -11.54500; -76.43417
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P'itiqucha (Quechua p'iti dividing by pulling powerfully to the extremes; gap, interruption, qucha lake, [1] "gap lake", hispanicized names Lago Piti, Laguna Piti) is a lake in Peru located in the Lima Region, Huarochiri Province, Huanza District. P'itiqucha lies south of the Cordillera de la Corte surrounded by P'iti in the northeast, Anta Ranra in the south, Uyshu in the southwest and Saqsa in the northwest. It is situated southeast of Saqsaqucha. [2]

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P'itiqucha may refer to:

Tiktiqucha

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Piti

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Saqsa

Saqsa is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 m (15,748 ft) high. It is situated in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, Huanza District. Saqsa lies between two lakes named Saqsaqucha and P'itiqucha, southwest of P'iti and northeast of Qullqi and Uyshu.

Wamp'arqucha is a lake in Peru located in the Lima Region, Huarochiri Province, Carampoma District. It lies northeast of Wachwaqucha at a mountain named Wamp'ar.

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Hatun Ukru

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Parya Chaka

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Uqsha

Uqsha is a mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 m (15,748 ft) high. It is located in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, Quinti District, and in the Yauyos Province, Tanta District, southwest of the lake named P'itiqucha. Uqsha lies northeast of Waswa Punta and southeast of Hatun Ukru. It is situated on the western border of the Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve.

Coipapite

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Raqray

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Qiwllaqucha is a lake at an unpopulated place of that name (Quiulacocha) in Peru located in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, Laraos District. Qiwllaqucha lies in the north of the district, southeast of Raqray. This is where the Qiwlla River originates. It flows to the south.

Anta Ranra

Anta Ranra is a mountain in the Andes of Peru which reaches an altitude of approximately 4,800 metres (15,748 ft). It is located in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, Huanza District. Anta Ranra lies south of a lake named P'itiqucha.

Wiñaq (Peru)

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References

  1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huarochiri Province (Lima Region)