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Challwaqucha (Huaral)
Challwaqucha (Quechua 'fish', 'lake', "fish lake", hispanicized spelling ''Chalhuacocha'') is a lake in Peru located in the Lima Region, Huaral Province, in the northeast of the Pacaraos District. It lies west of the lake named Warunqucha of the Pasco Region Pasco () is a department and region in central Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in .... References Lakes of Peru Lakes of the Department of Lima {{LimaRegion-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west, to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country, to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River. Peru has Demographics of Peru, a population of over 32 million, and its capital and largest city is Lima. At , Peru is the List of countries and dependencies by area, 19th largest country in the world, and the List of South American countries by area, third largest in South America. Pre-Columbian Peru, Peruvian territory was home to Andean civilizations, several cultures during the ancient and medieval periods, and has one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lima Region
The Department of Lima (), known as the Department of the Capital () until 1823, 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 department; this province is autonomous and not under the jurisdiction of the regional government since 2003. History The remains of early Andean inhabitants, hunters and harpoon fishermen from more than 6500 years ago, are to be found in the department of Lima. These remains were found in Chivateros, near the Chillón River, and in various other places. These persons incorporated nets, hooks, farming, ceramics and weaving to their everyday objects. The inhabitants of the coast lived in the ''lomas'' and the valleys, where they built temples and dwelling complexes, leading to huge ceremonial centres, such as the Huacoy on the Chillón River; Garagay and La Florida on the Rímac River, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quechua Language
Quechua (, ), also called (, 'people's language') in Southern Quechua, is an Indigenous languages of the Americas, indigenous language family that originated in central Peru and thereafter spread to other countries of the Andes. Derived from a common ancestral "Proto-Quechuan language, Proto-Quechua" language, it is today the most widely spoken Pre-Columbian era, pre-Columbian language family of the Americas, with the number of speakers estimated at 8–10 million speakers in 2004,Adelaar 2004, pp. 167–168, 255. and just under 7 million from the most recent census data available up to 2011. Approximately 13.9% (3.7 million) of Peruvians speak a Quechua language. Although Quechua began expanding many centuries before the Inca Empire, Incas, that previous expansion also meant that it was the primary language family within the Inca Empire. The Spanish also tolerated its use until the Peruvian War of Independence, Peruvian struggle for independence in the 1780s. As a result, var ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacaraos District
Pacaraos District is one of twelve districts of the province Huaral in Peru. Until the middle of the 20th century, the inhabitants of the village of Pacaraos spoke Pacaraos Quechua Pacaraos Quechua is a variety of Quechua spoken until the middle of the 20th century in the community of Pacaraos ( Pacaraos District) in the Peruvian Lima Region in the Chancay valley up to 3000 m above sea level. Classification A peculiar ....Willem F. H. Adelaar, Pieter Muysken (2006) The languages of the Andes. S. 242-249. A sketch of a Peruvian Quechua Dialect (Pacaraos) See also * Challwaqucha * Pirwa Hirka * Yana Uqhu References Districts of the Department of Lima Districts of the Huaral province {{LimaRegion-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warunqucha
Huaroncocha (possibly from Quechua ''waru'' basket or platform of a rope bridge to cross rivers / stony ground or place, precious stones, heaping, stone heap, ''-n'' a suffix, ''qucha'' lake,) is a lake in Peru located in the Pasco Region, Pasco Province, Huayllay District.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Pasco Province (Pasco Region) It is situated at a height of about , about 9 km long and 2.61 km at its widest point. Huaroncocha lies north of Huascacocha. The western part of the lake is also called Huaroncocha ''Chico'' (Spanish for "small") and the eastern part is named Yanamachay (possibly from Quechua for "black cave"). See also * Huayllay National Sanctuary *List of lakes in Peru The following is a list of lakes in Peru.Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI)"Compendio Estadistica 2007" page 26 Many of the names have the ending -cocha, from Quechua ''qucha'': lake. * Acucocha * Alcacocha * Arapa * Ar ... References *INEI, Compe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pasco Region
Pasco () is a department and region in central Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac .... Its capital is Cerro de Pasco. Political division The region is divided into 3 provinces (, singular: ), which are composed of 28 districts (''distritos'', singular: ''distrito''). Provinces The provinces, with their capitals in parentheses, are: * Daniel Alcídes Carrión ( Yanahuanca) * Oxapampa ( Oxapampa) * Pasco ( Cerro de Pasco) Places of interest * Cerro de la Sal * El Sira Communal Reserve * Gran Pajonal * San Matías–San Carlos Protection Forest * Yanachaga–Chemillén National Park * Yanesha Communal Reserve External links Gobierno Regional Pasco – Pasco Regional Government official website Pasco Pasco {{Pasco-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakes Of Peru
The following is a list of lakes in Peru.Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI)"Compendio Estadistica 2007" page 26 Many of the names have the ending -cocha, from Quechua languages, Quechua ''qucha'': lake. *Acucocha (Pasco), Acucocha *Alcacocha (Pasco), Alcacocha *Lake Arapa, Arapa *Lake Aricota, Aricota *Lake Belaunde, Belaunde *Lake Carpa, Carpa *Lake Chauya, Chauya *Lake Choclococha, Choclococha *Huacachina *Lake Imiria, Imiria *Lake Jucumarini, Jucumarini *Lake Junin, Junin *Quishuar Lakes *Lake Langui Layo, Langui Layo *Lake Lagunillas, Lagunillas *Lake Lauricocha, Lauricocha *Loriscota *Llanganuco Lakes *Lake Marcapomacocha, Marcapomacocha *Mucurca Lake, Mucurca *Palcacocha *Lake Paca, Paca *Lake Pacucha, Pacucha *Lake Parinacochas, Parinacochas *Lake Parón, Parón *Lake Paucarcocha, Paucarcocha *Lake Pelagatos, Pelagatos *Lake Pías, Pías *Lake Pomacanchi, Pomacanchi *Pumacocha (Yauli), Pumacocha *Lake Punrun, Punrun *Lake Querococha, Querococha *La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
