Huañacagua (possibly from

Aymara Aymara may refer to: Languages and people * Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language ** Aymara language, the main language within that family ** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...

''waña'' dry, ''q'awa'' little river, ditch, crevice, fissure, gap in the earth, "dry brook" or "dry ravine") is a mountain in 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 is situated 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 Castilla Province is one of eight provinces in the Arequipa Region of Peru. It was named after Ramón Castilla. Geography The Chila mountain range traverses the province. One of the highest mountains of the province is Coropuna at above sea le ...

Chachas District Chachas District is one of fourteen districts of the province Castilla in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital''. Retrieved April 11, 2008. Geography The Chila mountain range traverses the di ...

. Huañacagua lies northwest of

Chuañuma Chuañuma (possibly from Aymara ''ch'uwaña'' oozing of water and other liquids / melting of metals and other things, ''uma'' water, "oozing water") is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Castilla ...

and southwest of Aceruta.

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