Puka_Urqu_(Canas-Canchis)

Puka Urqu (Canas-Canchis)

Puka Urqu (Canas-Canchis)

Mountain in Peru

This article is about the mountain on the border of the Canas Province and the Canchis Province, Cusco Region, Peru. For other uses, see Puka Urqu (disambiguation).

Puka Urqu (Quechua puka red, urqu mountain,[2] "red mountain", Hispanicized spelling Pucaorcco) is a 4,954-metre-high (16,253 ft) mountain in the western extensions of the La Raya mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Canas Province, Layo District, and in the Canchis Province, Marangani District.[3]

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  1. [1]
    "Cerro Pucaorcco". IGN, Peru. Retrieved July 30, 2015.[permanent dead link]
  2. [2]
    Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
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    escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region)


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