Yana Uqsha (

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language **So ...

''yana'' black, very dark, ''uqsha'' (locally), ''uqsa'' high altitude grass,Vocabulario-Comparativo-Quechua-Ecuator-Quechua-Ancash
See Spanish: ''Paja'' - Ancash Quechua ''paha, uqsha'' hispanicized spelling ''Yanahojsha'') is a mountain in the

Andes The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...

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, about high. It is located in the

Lima Region The Department of Lima () is a department and region located in the central coast of Peru, the ''seat of the Regional Government'' is Huacho. Lima Province, which contains the city of Lima, the country's capital, is located west of the Departm ...

, Huaral Province, Andamarca District. It lies southwest of Warunqucha.

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