Puka Parya (

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, ''parya'' reddish, copper or sparrow, Hispanicized spelling ''Puca Paria'') is a mountain in the

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. It is situated in the

Lima Region The Department of Lima (), known as the Department of the Capital () until 1823, is a department and region located in the central coast of Peru; the seat of the regional government is Huacho. Lima Province, which contains the city of Lima, ...

, Cajatambo Province,

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, and in the Huaura Province,

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. Puka Parya lies northwest of Mataqucha and east of Wathiyaqucha.

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