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Antaqucha (Junín)
Antaqucha ( Quechua for "copper lake", hispanicized spellings ''Antaccocha, Antacocha, Antajocha'', also ''Antaqocha'') may refer to: * Antaqucha (Apurímac), a lake in the Apurímac Region, Peru * Antaqucha (Jauja) Antaqucha (Quechua ''anta'' copper, ''qucha'' lake, "copper lake", Hispanicized spelling ''Antacocha'') is a lake in Peru located in the Junín Region, Jauja Province, Canchayllo District. It belongs to the watershed of the Mantaro River. There ..., a lake in the Jauja Province, Junín Region, Peru * Antaqucha (Junín), a lake in the Junín District, Junín Province, Junín Region, Peru * Antaqucha (Lima), a lake in the Lima Region, Peru {{geodisambig ...
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Quechua Language
Quechua (, ; ), usually called ("people's language") in Quechuan languages, is an Indigenous languages of the Americas, indigenous language family spoken by the Quechua peoples, primarily living in the Peruvian Andes. Derived from a common ancestral language, it is the most widely spoken Pre-Columbian era, pre-Columbian language family of the Americas, with an estimated 8–10 million speakers as of 2004.Adelaar 2004, pp. 167–168, 255. Approximately 25% (7.7 million) of Peruvians speak a Quechuan language. It is perhaps most widely known for being the main language family of the Inca Empire. The Spanish encouraged its use until the Peruvian War of Independence, Peruvian struggle for independence of the 1780s. As a result, Quechua variants are still widely spoken today, being the co-official language of many regions and the second most spoken language family in Peru. History Quechua had already expanded across wide ranges of the central Andes long before the expansion of the ...
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Antaqucha (Apurímac)
Antaqucha (Quechua ''anta'' copper, ''qucha'' lake, "copper lake", Hispanicized spelling ''Antaccocha'') is a lake in Peru. It is situated in the Apurímac Region, Andahuaylas Province, San Jerónimo District, southwest of the mountain Puka Wanaku (Quechua for "red guanaco", Hispanicized ''Pucahuanaco'').escale.minedu.gob.pe - Map of the Andahuaylas Province (Apurímac Region)mincetur.gob.pe
''Laguna de Antacocha'' (in Spanish)


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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 hav ...
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Antaqucha (Jauja)
Antaqucha (Quechua ''anta'' copper, ''qucha'' lake, "copper lake", Hispanicized spelling ''Antacocha'') is a lake in Peru located in the Junín Region, Jauja Province, Canchayllo District. It belongs to the watershed of the Mantaro River. There are plans to build a high dam at the lake. See also *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 * A ... References Lakes of Peru Lakes of Junín Region {{Junín-geo-stub ...
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Antaqucha (Junín)
Antaqucha ( Quechua for "copper lake", hispanicized spellings ''Antaccocha, Antacocha, Antajocha'', also ''Antaqocha'') may refer to: * Antaqucha (Apurímac), a lake in the Apurímac Region, Peru * Antaqucha (Jauja) Antaqucha (Quechua ''anta'' copper, ''qucha'' lake, "copper lake", Hispanicized spelling ''Antacocha'') is a lake in Peru located in the Junín Region, Jauja Province, Canchayllo District. It belongs to the watershed of the Mantaro River. There ..., a lake in the Jauja Province, Junín Region, Peru * Antaqucha (Junín), a lake in the Junín District, Junín Province, Junín Region, Peru * Antaqucha (Lima), a lake in the Lima Region, Peru {{geodisambig ...
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