Puka Ranra (Arequipa)
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Puka Ranra (
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, ''ranra'' stony; stony ground, "red, stony ground", Hispanicized spelling ''Pucaranra'') is a mountain in the Wansu 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 ...
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 located 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 ...
, La Unión Province,
Puyca District Puyca District is one of eleven districts of the province La Unión in Peru. Geography The Wansu mountain range traverses the district. Some of the highest peaks of the district are listed below: Ethnic groups The people in the district a ...
. It is southwest of
Qullpa K'uchu Qullpa K'uchu or Qullpak'uchu (Quechua ''qullpa'' salpeter, ''k'uchu'' corner "salpeter corner", Hispanicized spelling ''Cullpacucho'') is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Arequipa ...
, Minasniyuq, Minata and Kunturillu. Puka Ranra lies in a remote, mountainous area north of Ikmaqucha.


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