Huch'uy Tipiqucha ( Quechua ''huch'uy'' small, ''tipi'' '' Pennisetum clandestinum'' (a grass species), ''tipiy'' to husk

maize Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maíz after tnq, mahiz), also known as corn (North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. Th ...

, to snap, to break, ''qucha'' lake, Hispanicized spelling ''Uchuytipicocha'') is a lake in

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 = "Fi ...

located in the

Ayacucho Region Ayacucho () is a department and region of Peru, located in the south-central Andes of the country. Its capital is the city of Ayacucho. The region was one of the hardest hit in the 1980s during the guerrilla war waged by Shining Path known as ...

Paucar del Sara Sara Province Paucar del Sara Sara Province is a province located in the south-eastern corner of the Ayacucho Region of Peru. It is one of eleven provinces that make up the region. The province has a population of 10,610 inhabitants 2005 census. It is bounded ...

Oyolo District Oyolo District is one of ten districts of the province Paucar del Sara Sara in Peru. Ethnic groups The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (62.4 ...

.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Paucar del Sara Sara Province Province (Ayacucho Region) It lies between the lakes Tipiqucha in the north and Hatun Tipiqucha in the south, northeast of the lakes Yanaqucha ("black lake"), Kunturqucha and Chawpi Tipiqucha.

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Lakes of Peru Lakes of Ayacucho Region {{Ayacucho-geo-stub

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