Wayllakancha (
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 ...
''waylla'' meadow, ''kancha'' enclosure, enclosed place, yard, a frame, or wall that encloses, Hispanicized spelling ''Huayllacancha'') is a mountain in the
Paryaqaqa
Pariacaca, Paria Caca'','' Paryaqaqa, Parya Qaqa, (possibly from Quechua ''parya'' reddish; copper; sparrow, ''qaqa'' rock) or Tullujuto (possibly from Quechua ''tullu'' bone, ''qutu'' heap, "bone heap") is the highest mountain in the Pariacaca ...
mountain range in the
Andes
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of
Peru
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, about high. It is situated 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
* ...
,
Yauli Province,
in the districts
Suitucancha and
Yauli. The peaks of
Qarwachuku, Wallakancha and
Ukhu Qhata lie north-west, north and north-east of Wayllakancha.
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References
Five-thousanders of the Andes
Mountains of the Department of Junín
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