P'unquchayuq (
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 ...
''p'unqu'' pond, reservoir, tank; dam, ''-cha'', ''-yuq''
suffix
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es,
"the one with a little pond (or dam)", Hispanicized spelling ''Puncuchayoc'') is a mountain 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 ...
in
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
Calca Province,
San Salvador District
San Salvador District is one of eight districts of the province Calca in Peru.
Geography
One of the highest peaks of the district is Pachatusan at . Other mountains are listed below:
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly ind ...
, and in the
Paucartambo Province,
Caicay District. P'unquchayuq lies south of Hatun Punta and southeast of
Qhiwar.
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References
Four-thousanders of the Andes
Mountains of the Department of Cusco
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