Putaqa (
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 ...
for ''
Rumex
The docks and sorrels, genus ''Rumex'', are a genus of about 200 species of annual, biennial, and perennial herbs in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae.
Members of this genus are very common perennial herbs with a native almost worldwide distri ...
peruanus'',
[Genaro Yarupaitán Galván, Joaquina Albán Castillo, Fanerógamas de la provincia de Huancayo, Perú (Fanerogams from Huancayo, Peru), Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas UNMSM, Rev. Peru. Biol. 11(2): 193-202 (2004), p. 199, ''Rumex peruanus'' "Potaja", "Putaca"] also spelled ''Potaga'') is a mountain north of the
Waqurunchu 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
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, about high. It is located in the
Huánuco Region
Huánuco (; ) is a city in central Peru. It had a population of 196,627 as of 2017 and in 2015 it had a population of 175,068. It is the capital of the Huánuco Region and the Huánuco District. It is the seat of the diocese of Huánuco. The ...
,
Pachitea Province,
Panao District
Panao District is one of four Districts of Peru, districts of the province Pachitea Province, Pachitea in Peru.
Geography
Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly In ...
. Putaqa lies northwest of a mountain named
Ñawsaqucha and northeast of
Waqurunchu.
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References
Four-thousanders of the Andes
Mountains of the Department of Huánuco
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