Jenchaña (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 ...
''Qinchaña'', for to surround with bushes
[ see: ''Cercar con matorrales'']) is a volcano in the
Andes
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of
Peru
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, about high. It is situated in the "
Valley of the Volcanoes" 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,
Andagua District
Andagua District is one of fourteen districts of the province Castilla in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática
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. Jenchaña lies northwest of
Chilcayoc.
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References
Three-thousanders of the Andes
Mountains of the Department of Arequipa
Volcanoes of Peru
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