Apacheta (possibly from

Aymara Aymara may refer to: Languages and people * Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language ** Aymara language, the main language within that family ** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...

for the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the

Andes The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range ...

; name for a stone cairn in the

, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains) is a mountain in the western part of the Chila mountain range in the

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 ...

. It lies in the

Arequipa Region Arequipa () is a department and region in southwestern Peru. It is the sixth largest department in Peru, after Puno, Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto, its sixth most populous department, and its eleventh least densely populated dep ...

, Castilla Province,

Chachas District Chachas District is one of fourteen districts of the province Castilla in 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 ...

. It is situated southwest of Chila, northeast of Chila Pillune and southeast of Yuaytacondorsenja. Apacheta lies at the bank of the Cacamayo (possibly from

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

for "rock river"). Its waters flow to the Molloco River in the east, a right affluent of the

Colca A qullqa ( "deposit, storehouse"; (spelling variants: ''colca, collca, qolca, qollca'') was a storage building found along Inca road system, roads and near the cities and political centers of the Inca Empire. These were large stone buildings wit ...

River.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Caylloma Province 1 (Arequipa Region)

References

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