Kachi Qhata (
Quechua ''kachi'' salt, ''qhata'' slope, hillside,
"salt slope", also spelled ''Cachiccata'') is a slope in the
Cusco Region
Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu suyu ), is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de D ...
in
Peru
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with quarries used as a source of
porphyry by the
Incas. It is located in the
Urubamba Province
Urubamba Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.
Geography
The province is bounded to the north by the La Convención Province, to the east by the Calca Province, to the south by the Cusco Pr ...
,
Ollantaytambo District, about 9 km southwest of
Ollantaytambo.
[escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Urubamba Province (Cusco Region)] It lies near the peak of
Yana Urqu.
Kachi Qhata is also the name of two little villages (''Cachiccata'' and ''Ccacheccata'') and a stream ''(Cachijata)'' near the slope.
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References
Geography of Cusco Region
Populated places in the Cusco Region
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