Ch'aqu (
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 a fine, whitish, edible and medicinal kind of clay,
[Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua_Spanish dictionary) (5-vowel-system)] Hispanicized spelling ''Chajo'') is a mountain in 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 ...
of
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 ...
, about high. It is located in the
Cusco Region
Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; ), is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth-largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de Dios and Puno ...
,
Quispicanchi Province,
Cusipata District
The Cusipata District is one of the twelve districts in the Quispicanchi Province in Peru. Created by Law No. 9164 on September 5, 1940, its capital is the town of Cusipata.
Geography
The most important river of the district is the Willkanut ...
. It lies northeast of
Hatun Ch'aqu and Yanaqaqa ("black rock", ''Yanajaja'') and northwest of
Yuraq Q'asa. Ch'aqu is situated on the left bank of the river Pukamayu ("red river", ''Pucamayu'') which flows to the west as a right affluent of the
Willkanuta River. The confluence is near Cusipata.
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References
Five-thousanders of the Andes
Mountains of the Department of Cusco
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