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Sirihuani or Sirijuani is a mountain in the Urubamba 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
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. It is located in the
Cusco Region Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; ), is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth-largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de Dios and Puno ...
, Calca Province, in the districts of Calca and
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. It is situated northwest of Sahuasiray and
Canchacanchajasa Canchacanchajasa (possibly from Quechua ''kancha'' enclosure, enclosed place, yard, a frame, or wall that encloses, ''q'asa'' mountain pass,Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, C ...
mountains, and northeast of Chicón.


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