Hatun 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 ...
hatun ''big'', ''ch'aqu'' a fine, whitish, edible and medicinal clay,
[Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua_Spanish dictionary) (5-vowel-system)] Hispanicized spelling ''Jatunchajo'') is a mountain in the
Andes
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of
Peru
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, 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 ...
,
Canchis Province,
Pitumarca District
Pitumarca District is one of eight districts of the province Canchis in Peru.
Geography
The Willkanuta mountain range lies in the district. Some of the highest mountains of the district are Chumpi, Chupika, Hatun Uma, Hatun Ñañu Punta, ...
, and in the
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 south-west of the mountain
Ch'aqu, west of the mountain Yanaqaqa ("black rock", ''Yanajaja''), north-west of the mountain
Tiklla Q'asa and north of the mountain
Tuqtu. Its ridge stretches to the north-west.
Hatun Ch'aqu is situated south of the river Pukamayu ("red river", ''Pucamayu'') which flows to the west as a right affluent of the
Willkanuta River. An intermittent stream originates east of the mountains Hatun Ch'aqu and Tuqtu. Its waters flow to the river
Ch'illkamayu in the south. Ch'illkamayu is also a right tributary of the Willkanuta River.
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References
Five-thousanders of the Andes
Mountains of the Department of Cusco
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