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Tikllaqucha
Ticllacocha (possibly from Quechua ''tiklla'' two-colored / eyelash, ''qucha'' lake, lagoon,) is a lake in Peru located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, Tanta District.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region) It is situated at a height of about , south of the lakes Paucarcocha, Chuspicocha and Piscococha and northwest of the mountains Ticlla and Huayna Cotoni. See also * Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve * 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 Lima Region {{LimaRegion-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yauyos Province
The Yauyos Province is a Provinces of Peru, province located in the Lima Region of Peru. It is one of the eleven that make up that region. Boundaries *North: Huarochirí Province *East: Junín Region, Huancavelica Region *South: Ica Region *West: Cañete Province Geography The Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve lies in the Yauyos Province. Aqupallqa, Llunk'uti, Qutuni, Runchu, T'uru and Wankarqucha of the Cordillera Central (Peru), Cordillera Central of Peru belong to the highest mountains of the province. They all reach altitudes above . Other mountains of the province include:escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region) Some of the largest lakes of the province are listed below: History During the 2007 Peru earthquake, Yauyos suffered major damage. Political division The capital of this province is the city of Yauyos. The province extends over an area of and is divided into 33 districts: Demographics The province has a population of 28,000 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanta District
Tanta District is one of thirty-three districts of the province Yauyos in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital''. Retrieved April 11, 2008. Its seat is the village Tanta. Geography The Cordillera Central traverses the district. Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region) See also * Ch'uspiqucha * Khuchi Mach'ay * Mulluqucha * Pawqarqucha * Pirqa Pirqa * Pisququcha * Tikllaqucha Ticllacocha (possibly from Quechua ''tiklla'' two-colored / eyelash, ''qucha'' lake, lagoon,) is a lake in Peru located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, Tanta District.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region) It is s ... References {{coord, 12, 07, 17, S, 76, 00, 44, W, region:PE_source:kolossus-eswiki, display=title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ticlla (mountain)
Ticlla or Qutuni ( Aymara ''qutu'' heap, pile, ''-ni'' a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a heap", Hispanicized spellings ''Cotoni, Cutuni''), also called Tiklla ( Quechua for eyelash; two-colored, Hispanicized spellings ''Ticcla, Ticlla'') or Tiqlla (Quechua for 'with alternating colors'), is a mountain in the ''Cordillera Central'' in the Andes of Peru. Strictly speaking the popular name Ticlla refers to a group of peaks of the Qutuni-Ticlla cirque. The highest mountain of the massif is named Qutuni. It lies in a sub-range of the Cordillera Central named Pichqa Waqra (Quechua for "five horns", also spelled ''Pichcahuajra''). It is located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, on the border of the districts Ayaviri, Miraflores and Tanta. It lies on the southern border of the Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve. Ticlla is situated southeast Aqupallqa and the lake named Tikllaqucha, northeast of Wayna Qutuni ("young Qutuni") and north of Llunk'uti Llongote i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huayna Cotoni
Huayna Cotoni or Wayna Qutuni(Aymara language, Aymara ''wayna'' young (man), bachelor, ''qutu'' heap, pile, ''-ni'' a suffix to indicate ownership ("the one with a heap"), ''Qutuni'' a neighboring mountain, "young Qutuni", Hispanicized spellings ''Huayna Cotoni, Huaynacotoni, Huaynacutuni'') is a mountain in the ''Cordillera Central (Peru), Cordillera Central'' in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, on the border of the districts of Ayaviri District, Yauyos, Ayaviri, Quinches District, Quinches and Tanta District, Tanta. Huayna Cotoni is in a sub-range of the Cordillera Central named Pichqa Waqra (Quechua for "five horns", also spelled ''Pichcahuajra'') on the southern border of the Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve. It lies between the lakes named Tikllaqucha in the north and Huayna Cotoni (Lima), Huayna Cotoni in the south, southwest of the peak of Qutuni and south of Aqupallqa.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lima Region
The Department of Lima () is a department and region located in the central coast of Peru, the ''seat of the Regional Government'' is Huacho. Lima Province, which contains the city of Lima, the country's capital, is located west of the Department of Lima; this province is autonomous and not under the jurisdiction of the Regional Government. Geography The department of Lima is bordered by the departments of Ancash on the north, Huánuco, Pasco, and Junín on the east, Huancavelica on the southeast, Ica on the south, and the Pacific Ocean and the Lima Province on the west. The department has a coastal and an Andean zone, and has a great diversity of natural regions: the Coast or ''Chala'' (0 to 500 meters above sea level) up to the ''Janka'' or ''Mountain range'' ( es, Cordillera, over 4800 meters). The predominating regions are the ''Yunga'' (500 to 2300 meters above sea level) and ''Quechua'' (2300 to 3500 meters) Points of interest Lachay National Reserve The Lachay Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peru
, image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Firm and Happy for the Union" , national_anthem = "National Anthem of Peru" , march = "March of Flags" , image_map = PER orthographic.svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Lima , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , official_languages = Peruvian Spanish, Spanish , languages_type = Co-official languages , languages = , ethnic_groups = , ethnic_groups_year = 2017 , demonym = Peruvians, Peruvian , government_type = Unitary state, Unitary Semi-presidential system, semi-presidential republic , leader_title1 = President of Peru, President ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paucarcocha
Lake Paucarcocha (possibly from Quechua ''pawqar'' multi-coloured, ''qucha'' lake, lagoon, "multi-coloured lake") is a lake in Peru located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, Tanta District.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region) It is situated at a height of about , about 6.5 km long and 0.87 km at its widest point. It has a catchment area of 213.6 km2. Lake Paucarcocha lies south of the Pariacaca mountain range, between P'itiqucha in the northwest and Piscococha and Chuspicocha in the southeast. Moreover, the lake is located inside the valley of the Cañete River, being this river its primary inflow and outflow source. The archaeological site of Pirca Pirca is situated north of the lake. See also * Cuchi Machay * 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'': l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuspicocha (Yauyos)
Chuspicocha (possibly from Quechua ''ch'uspi'' insect, generic name of flies or two-winged insects; fly, ''qucha'' lake, "fly lake" or "insect lake") is a lake in Peru located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, Tanta District. It is situated at a height of about , about 1.02 km long and 0.4 km at its widest point. Chuspicocha lies south of the Pariacaca mountain range and Paucarcocha and north of Ticllacocha and Piscococha, near the village of Tanta. See also * Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve * 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 Lima Region {{LimaRegion-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piscococha
Piscococha (possibly from Quechua ''pisqu'' bird, ''qucha'' lake, lagoon, "bird lake") is a lake in Peru located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, Tanta District.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region) showing the location of the village Pisququcha ''(Piscococha)'' at the lake Pisququcha (unnamed), between the lakes Paucarcocha and Ticllacocha. Piscococha is situated at a height of about , south of the lakes Paucarcocha and Chuspicocha and northeast of the lake Ticllacocha. See also * Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve * 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 Lima Region {{LimaRegion-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve
The Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve ( es, Reserva Paisajística Nor Yauyos-Cochas) is a protected area in Peru located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province and in the Junín Region, Jauja Province. It lies with the Peruvian Yungas and Central Andean wet puna ecoregions. Sima Pumaqucha, one of the deepest caves of South America, and Qaqa Mach'ay, the highest surveyed cave in the world, are situated in the reserve.Instituto Nacional de Recursos Naturales - INRENA, Reserva Paisajística Nor Yuayos Cochas, Plan Maestro 2006-2011 Archaeological sites Some of the archaeological sites within the reserve are Khuchi Mach'ay, Pirqa Pirqa, Quchawasi ''(Cochashuasi)'', Qutu Qutu ''(Coto Coto)'' and Wamanmarka ''(Huamanmarca)''. Gallery File:PUMACOCHA.jpg, The lake Pumaqucha near the cave Sima Pumaqucha with the mountain León Pitakana (left) in the background File:Rabipelao2.jpg, Common opossum The common opossum (''Didelphis marsupialis''), also called the southern or b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 * Aricota * Belaunde * Carpa * Chauya * Choclococha *Huacachina * Imiria * Jucumarini * Junin * Quishuar Lakes * Langui Layo * Lagunillas * Lauricocha *Loriscota * Llanganuco Lakes * Marcapomacocha * Mucurca *Palcacocha *Paca * Pacucha * Parinacochas * Parón * Paucarcocha * Pelagatos * Pías * Pomacanchi * Pumacocha * Punrun * Querococha * Conococha * Colorcocha * Rimachi * Salinas * Sandoval * Saracocha * Sausacocha *Sauce * Shegue * Sibinacocha * Suches * Titicaca * Tragadero * Umayo * Orcococha * Valencia * Vizcacha * Huangacocha * Huarmicocha * Huaroncocha * Huascacocha * Huichicocha * Vilacota * Huiñaymarca * Yanawayin * Yanaqucha See also * List of lakes * List of lakes by area * List of lakes by depth * List of lakes by volume Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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