Intikancha (
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 ...
''inti'' sun, ''kancha'' enclosure, enclosed place, yard, a frame, or wall that encloses,
[Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)] "sun yard", Hispanicized spelling ''Inticancha'') 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 situated in the
Apurímac Region Apurímac is the name of:
*Apurímac River, a river in the south-eastern parts of central Peru
* Department of Apurímac, a region in the south-eastern parts of central Peru
*Three albums by the German new-age band Cusco
Cusco or Cuzco (; or ...
,
Grau Province, in the south of the
Progreso District
Progreso District is one of the fourteen districts of the Grau Province in Peru.
Geography
One of the highest peaks of the district is Intikancha at approximately . Other mountains are listed below:
Ethnic groups
The people in the distric ...
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References
Four-thousanders of the Andes
Mountains of the Department of Apurímac
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