Putkaqucha (Yauli)
Putkaqucha ( Quechua ''putka'' muddy (Jauja Quechua), ''qucha'' lake, lagoon, "muddy lake", Hispanicized spelling ''Putcacocha'') is a lake in Peru located in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, Suitucancha District.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauli Province (Junín Region) showing the location of Putkaqucha (unnamed) It lies in the Paryaqaqa Pariacaca, Paria Caca'','' Paryaqaqa, Parya Qaqa, (possibly from Quechua ''parya'' reddish; copper; sparrow, ''qaqa'' rock) or Tullujuto (possibly from Quechua ''tullu'' bone, ''qutu'' heap, "bone heap") is the highest mountain in the Pariacaca ... or Waruchiri mountain range, south of the mountain Putka. There is a smaller lake of the same name nearby west of Putkaqucha. It lies at . References Lakes of Peru Lakes of Junín Region {{Peru-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Junín Region
Junín may refer to: Places Argentina * Junín Partido ** Junín, Buenos Aires ***Junín Airport * Junín Department, Mendoza ** Junín, Mendoza *Junín Department, San Luis Junín is a Departments of Argentina, Department of San Luis Province, Argentina. With an area of it borders to the west with the Department of Ayacucho Department, San Luis, Ayacucho, to the south with Libertador General San Martín Department, ... * Junín de los Andes, Neuquén Colombia * Junín, Cundinamarca * Junín, Nariño Ecuador * Junín Canton, in Manabí Province Peru * Department of Junín ** Junín Province *** Junín, Peru *** Junín District *** Lake Junin, also known as Chinchayqucha *** Junín National Reserve Venezuela * Junín Municipality, Táchira See also * * * Battle of Junín, during the Peruvian War of Independence in 1824 {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yauli Province
The Yauli Province is one of the nine provinces in Peru that form the Junín Region. It is bordered to the north by the Pasco Region and the Junín Province, to the east by the Tarma Province, to the south by the Jauja Province and to the west by the Lima Region. The population of the province was estimated at 66,093 inhabitants in 2002. The capital of the Yauli Province is La Oroya. Geography The Paryaqaqa and Puwaq Hanka mountain ranges traverse the province. Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below: Some of the largest lakes of the province are Llaksaqucha, Markapumaqucha, Markaqucha, Pumaqucha, Putkaqucha, P'ukruqucha, Tuqtuqucha, Waqraqucha, Waskhaqucha (Carhuacayan) and Waskhaqucha (Morococha). Political division The Province of Yauli this divided into ten districts: * Chacapalpa ( Chacapalpa) * Huay-Huay ( Huay-Huay) * La Oroya ( La Oroya) * Marcapomacocha ( Marcapomacocha) * Morococha ( Nueva Morococha) * Paccha ( Paccha) * S ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Suitucancha District
Suitucancha (Hispanicized spelling of the Quechua term Suyt'u Kancha, ''suyt'u'' rectangular, ''kancha'' corral, square, "rectangular corral (or square)") is one of ten districts of the Yauli Province in Peru. Its seat is Suitucancha. Geography The Paryaqaqa mountain range traverses the district. One of the highest mountains of the district is Tunshu Tunshu is a mountain in the Pariacaca mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Junín Region, Jauja Province, Canchayllo District and in the Yauli Province, Suitucancha District. Tunshu lies north of Pariacaca and northwest ... at . Other mountain are listed below:escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Jauja and Yauli provinces (Junín Region) See also * Putkaqucha References {{Junín-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Quechua Language
Quechua (, ; ), usually called ("people's language") in Quechuan languages, is an indigenous language family spoken by the Quechua peoples, primarily living in the Peruvian Andes. Derived from a common ancestral language, it is the most widely spoken pre-Columbian language family of the Americas, with an estimated 8–10 million speakers as of 2004.Adelaar 2004, pp. 167–168, 255. Approximately 25% (7.7 million) of Peruvians speak a Quechuan language. It is perhaps most widely known for being the main language family of the Inca Empire. The Spanish encouraged its use until the Peruvian struggle for independence of the 1780s. As a result, Quechua variants are still widely spoken today, being the co-official language of many regions and the second most spoken language family in Peru. History Quechua had already expanded across wide ranges of the central Andes long before the expansion of the Inca Empire. The Inca were one among many peoples in present-day Peru who alread ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Peru
, image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Firm and Happy for the Union" , national_anthem = "National Anthem of Peru" , march = "March of Flags" , image_map = PER orthographic.svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Lima , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , official_languages = Peruvian Spanish, Spanish , languages_type = Co-official languages , languages = , ethnic_groups = , ethnic_groups_year = 2017 , demonym = Peruvians, Peruvian , government_type = Unitary state, Unitary Semi-presidential system, semi-presidential republic , leader_title1 = President of Peru, President ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Paryaqaqa Mountain Range
The Pariacaca mountain range (possibly from Quechua ''parya'' reddish, sparrow, ''qaqa'' rock, Paryaqaqa or Parya Qaqa, a regional deity, a mountain god ( apu)), also called Huarochirí mountain range lies in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Junín Region, in the provinces of Jauja and Yauli, and in the Lima Region, in the provinces of Huarochirí and Yauyos. It is part of the ''Cordillera Central'' of Peru. Mountains The highest mountain in the range is Pariacaca at . Other peaks are listed below: * Tunshu, * Colquepucro, * Carhuachuco, * Paka, * Suyruqucha, * Huallacancha, * Antachaire, * Nina Ukru, * Pachanqutu, * Paqcha, * Wayllakancha, * Kunkus Yantaq, * Wararayuq, * Tuku Mach'ay, * Putka, * Qayqu, * Tata Qayqu, * Yantayuq, * Chumpi, * Ch'uspi, * Quriwasi, * Uqhu, * Ukhu Qhata, * Wiqu, * Wamanripa, * Kiwyu Waqanan, * Qayqu, * Chhuqu P'ukru, * Parya Chaka, * Kunkus, * Kunkus (Yauli), * Suyuq, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Putka (Junín)
Putka (Jauja Quechua for "muddy", also spelled ''Putca'') is a mountain in the Paryaqaqa mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is located in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, in the districts of Suitucancha and Yauli, north of Qarwachuku. The largest lake south of Putka is named Putkaqucha Putkaqucha (Quechua ''putka'' muddy (Jauja Quechua), ''qucha'' lake, "muddy lake", Hispanicized spelling ''Putcacocha'') is a mountain in the Waytapallana mountain range in Peru. It is located in the Junín Region, Concepción Province, Com ... (Quechua for "muddy lake", also spelled ''Putcacocha''). One of the small lakes southeast of Putka is named Putkaqucha, too. It lies at . References Mountains of Peru Mountains of Junín Region {{Peru-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 ''qucha'': lake. * Acucocha * Alcacocha * Arapa * Aricota * Belaunde * Carpa * Chauya * Choclococha * Huacachina * Imiria * Jucumarini * Junin * Quishuar Lakes * Langui Layo * Lagunillas * Lauricocha * Loriscota * Llanganuco Lakes * Marcapomacocha * Mucurca * Palcacocha *Paca * Pacucha * Parinacochas *Parón * Paucarcocha * Pelagatos *Pías * Pomacanchi * Pumacocha * Punrun * Querococha * Conococha * Colorcocha * Rimachi * Salinas * Sandoval *Saracocha * Sausacocha *Sauce * Shegue * Sibinacocha * Suches * Titicaca * Tragadero * Umayo * Orcococha *Valencia * Vizcacha *Huangacocha * Huarmicocha *Huaroncocha * Huascacocha *Huichicocha * Vilacota * Huiñaymarca * Yanawayin * Yanaqucha See also * List of lakes *List of lakes by area * List of lakes by depth * List of lakes by volume Reference ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |