Pillune (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 ...

''pillu'' crown or cord which some

indigenous Indigenous may refer to: *Indigenous peoples *Indigenous (ecology) In biogeography, a native species is indigenous to a given region or ecosystem if its presence in that region is the result of only local natural evolution (though often populari ...

peoples use to tighten their hair, ''-ni'' a

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to indicate ownership, "the one with a crown" or "the one with a ''pillu''") is a mountain in the Chila mountain range 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 ...

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, about high. It is situated 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,

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. Pillune lies southeast of a lake named

Machucocha Machucocha (possibly from Quechua ''machu'' old, old person, ''qucha'' lake) is a lake in Peru located in the Arequipa Region Arequipa () is a department and region in southwestern Peru. It is the sixth largest department in Peru, after Puno, ...

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Five-thousanders of the Andes Mountains of the Department of Arequipa {{Arequipa-geo-stub