Huamanchoque

Huamanchoque

The Urubamba mountain range as seen from the southwest. Chicón is on the left. Huamanchoque with Ancasmarca are visible on the right side in the background of this image.
Highest point
Elevation 5,156 m (16,916 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°15′25″S 72°00′42″W / 13.25694°S 72.01167°W / -13.25694; -72.01167Coordinates: 13°15′25″S 72°00′42″W / 13.25694°S 72.01167°W / -13.25694; -72.01167
Geography
Huamanchoque

Peru

Location Cusco, Peru
Parent range Urupampa mountain range

Huamanchoque, Wamanchuqi or Waman Chuqi (Quechua waman falcon or variable hawk, chuqi metal, every kind of precious metal / gold (<Aymara),[2][3] also spelled Huamanchoque) is a 5,156-metre-high (16,916 ft) mountain in the Urupampa mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Calca District, north of the Willkanuta River. Huamanchoque lies at the Kancha Kancha valley (Cancha Cancha) where the Lares trek route passes by. It is situated south of Canchacanchajasa, southwest of Sahuasiray and Cóndorhuachana, and north of a lower peak named Kuntur Wachana. One of the nearest towns is Huayllabamba.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Mapa de peligros de la ciudad de Calca, Informe final, Proyecto INDECI – PNUD PER / 02/ 051, Ciudades sostenibles (see map of Calca)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Urubamba Province (Cusco Region)


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