Waraqu (Pasco)

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Waraqu
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Waraqu
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 4,800 m (15,700 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 10°35′06″S75°55′26″W / 10.58500°S 75.92389°W / -10.58500; -75.92389 Coordinates: 10°35′06″S75°55′26″W / 10.58500°S 75.92389°W / -10.58500; -75.92389  
Geography
Location Peru, Pasco Region
Parent range Andes

Waraqu (Quechua for cactus, [2] Hispanicized spelling Barraco) is a mountain in the Waqurunchu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 m (15,748 ft) high. It is located in the Pasco Region, Pasco Province, Huachón District. It lies northeast of Ñat'iqucha and southeast of Waqurunchu and Yanaqucha. [1]

Andes mountain range running along the tu mamide of South America

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References

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


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