Misa Urqu (
Quechua
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*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 ...
''misa'' table, ''urqu'' mountain,
literally "table mountain", Hispanicized spelling ''Mesaorjo'') is a mountain in the
Andes
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of
Peru
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, about high. It is located in the
Ayacucho Region
Ayacucho (), known as Huamanga from its creation in 1822 until 1825, is a department and region of Peru, located in the south-central Andes of the country. Its capital is the city of Ayacucho. The region was one of the hardest hit in the 1980 ...
,
Lucanas Province, on the border of the districts of
Aucara and
Cabana
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A cabana bathroom is a bathroom attached to a building or a house that is commonly used by swimmers and beachgoers.
...
. Misa Urqu lies northeast of the archaeological site of
Usqunta
Usqunta (also spelled ''Oscconta, Osqonta'' or ''Uscunta'') is an archaeological site in the Ayacucho Region in Peru. It was declared a National Cultural Heritage by ''Resolución Directoral National'' No. 024/INC on January 12, 2009.Resolución ...
and east of
Misa Q'asa.
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References
Four-thousanders of the Andes
Mountains of the Department of Ayacucho
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