T'uruqucha (
Quechua
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*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 ...
''t'uru'' mud, ''qucha'' lake,
[ "mud lake", also spelled ''Torococha'') is a mountain in the ]Andes
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of Peru
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which reaches a height of approximately . It is located in the Junín Region Junín may refer to:
Places Argentina
* Junín Partido
** Junín, Buenos Aires
*** Junín Airport
* Junín Department, Mendoza
** Junín, Mendoza
* Junín Department, San Luis
* Junín de los Andes, Neuquén
Colombia
* Junín, Cundinamarca
* ...
, Jauja Province, Apata District. T'uruqucha lies south of Utkhulasu.[
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References
Four-thousanders of the Andes
Mountains of the Department of Junín
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