Pukaqucha (Puno)

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Pukaqucha
Lampa Puno.jpg
Lampa and parts of the lake Pukaqucha as seen from the air
Location Peru
Puno Region, Lampa Province
Coordinates 15°21′34″S70°21′2″W / 15.35944°S 70.35056°W / -15.35944; -70.35056 Coordinates: 15°21′34″S70°21′2″W / 15.35944°S 70.35056°W / -15.35944; -70.35056

Pukaqucha [1] [2] (Quechua puka red, colored, qucha lake, [3] [4] "red lake" or "colored lake", hispanicized spellings Pucacocha, Pucaccocha, also known as Laguna Colorada as translated into Spanish) is a lake in the Puno Region in southern Peru. It is situated in the Lampa Province, Lampa District, east of Lampa. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Municipalidad Provincial de Lampa, Ampliación e Instalación del Sistemade Agua Potable y Alcantarillado en las Urbanizaciones Puente Colonial y Juan Velazco Alvarado del Distrito de Lampa, Provincia de Lampa – Puno, June 2013
  2. ↑ "Plan estratégico de desarrollo económico y social de la provincia de Lampa (2009 /2020)". Andres Vilca Mamani. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Acopa, Diccionario Bilingüe, Iskay simipi yuyay k'ancha, Quechua – Castellano, Castellano – Quechua (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua_Spanish dictionary)
  5. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Lampa Province (Puno Region)



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