Puca Allpa or Puka Allpa (
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 ...
''puka'' red, ''allpa'' earth,
"red earth", hispanicized spelling ''Puca Allpa'') is a mountain in the
Cordillera Negra
The Cordillera Negra (Spanish language, Spanish for "black range"), Yana Walla in Quechuan languages, qechua is part of the ''Cordillera Occidental'', one of three mountain ranges in the Andes of west central Peru. It is almost entirely located wi ...
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
Ancash Region
Ancash (; ) is a department and region in western Peru. It is bordered by the departments of La Libertad on the north, Huánuco and Pasco on the east, Lima on the south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Its capital is the city of Huaraz, ...
,
Aija Province,
Aija District
Aija District is one of 5 districts in Aija Province, Ancash Region, Peru. Its population was 2017 as of the 2017 census.
Geography
The District of Aija is located on the western slopes of the Cordillera Negra
The Cordillera Negra (Spanish lan ...
, and in the
Recuay Province, on the border of the districts of
Recuay and
Ticapampa. Puca Allpa lies between Wank'ap'iti in the southeast and
Pucairca in the northwest.
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References
External links
Four-thousanders of the Andes
Mountains of the Department of Ancash
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