Chinchón (possibly from Quechua ''chinchu'' a plant of the ''

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'' family, ''-n'' a

suffix In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns, adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs. Suffixes can carry ...

) is a mountain in the western part of the Chila mountain range in the

Andes The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...

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, about high. It lies in the

Arequipa Region Arequipa ( ay, Ariqipa; qu, Ariqipa) is a department and region in southwestern Peru. It is the sixth largest department in Peru, after Puno, Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto, its sixth most populous department, and its eleventh least ...

, Castilla Province, Chachas District. Chinchón is situated southwest of Huayta and southeast of

Aceruta Aceruta (possibly from Aymara ''asiru'' snail, ''uta'' house, "snail" or ''-ta'' a suffix, "from the snail") is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Castilla Province, Chachas District. It lies nor ...

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