Yanaqucha (
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 ...
''yana'' black, very dark, ''qucha'' lake, "black lake", hispanicized spelling ''Yanacocha'') is a lake in the north of the
Carhuamayo District
Carhuamayo (from Quechua Qarwa Mayu or Qarwamayu: ''qarwa'' yellowish, ''mayu'' river, "yellowish river") is one of four districts of the Junín Province in Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. I ...
, north of the mountain Yanahirka (Quechua for "black mountain", hispanicized ''Yanajirca'') in
Junín Province 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
* Jun ...
,
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
* ...
,
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 ...
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[escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Junín Province (Junín Region)]
See also
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List of lakes in Peru
The following is a list of lakes in Peru.Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI)"Compendio Estadistica 2007" page 26 Many of the names have the ending -cocha, from Quechua ''qucha'': lake.
* Acucocha
* Alcacocha
* Arapa
* Ar ...
References
*INEI, Compendio Estadistica 2007, page 26
Lakes of Peru
Lakes of the Department of Junín
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