Wask'aqucha (Apurímac)

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Wask'aqucha
Location Peru
Apurímac Region, Abancay Province, Circa District
Coordinates 14°04′46″S72°55′27″W / 14.07944°S 72.92417°W / -14.07944; -72.92417 Coordinates: 14°04′46″S72°55′27″W / 14.07944°S 72.92417°W / -14.07944; -72.92417

Wask'aqucha (Quechua wask'a rectangle / long, qucha lake, [1] [2] [3] "rectangle lake" or "long lake", hispanicized spelling Huascacocha) is a lake in Peru. It is located in the Apurímac Region, Abancay Province, Circa District. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ idiomarunasimi.com.ar Pachakallpa Yachay - Ingeniería civil, A list of technical Quechua expressions (Quechua-Spanish)
  2. ↑ Ministerio de la Mujer y Desarollo Social, Perú, Palabras Clave para la Atención en Salud, Quechua
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Acopa, Diccionario Bilingüe, Iskay simipi yuyay k'ancha, Quechua – Castellano, Castellano – Quechua (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Abancay Province (Apurímac Region)



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