Corihuayrachina (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 ...
''quri'' gold, ''wayrachina'' a special oven for
smelting
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metal, "oven for smelting gold")
[Ricardo N. Alonso, Diccionario minero: glosario de voces utilizadas por los mineros de Iberoamérica, p. 122, see: ''Huairachina''] erroneously also ''Corihuaynachina'', is a mountain in the
Vilcabamba mountain range in the
Andes
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of
Peru
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, about high. It is situated 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 ...
,
La Convención Province
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second most populous city in the United States of America.
La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music
* La (musical note), or A, the sixth note
*"L.A.", a song by Elliott Smi ...
,
Vilcabamba District, at a little lake named Corihuayrachina. Corihuayrachina lies south of the
Pumasillo massif and west of
Padreyoc.
[escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the La Convención Province 1 (Cusco Region)] The archaeological sites of
Corihuayrachina and
Choquequirao
Choquequirao (possibly from Quechua ''chuqi'' metal, ''k'iraw'' crib, cot) is an Incan site in southern Peru, similar in structure and architecture to Machu Picchu. The ruins are buildings and terraces at levels above and below Sunch'u ...
(possibly from in the
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 ...
spelling Chuqik'iraw) are west and southwest of the mountain Corihuayrachina.
References
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Five-thousanders of the Andes
Mountains of the Department of Cusco