__NOTOC__ Lake Orconcocha (possibly from Quechua ''urqu'' male / mountain, ''-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 ...

, ''qucha'' lake) is a lake in Peru 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 ...

Lucanas Province Lucanas is the largest province in the Ayacucho Region in Peru. Its seat is Puquio. Geography Some of the highest mountains of the province are Rasuwillka and Qarwarasu. Other mountains are listed below: Some of the largest lakes of the p ...

, in the districts Chipao and

Puquio Puquio (from Quechua: ''Pukyu'', meaning "spring of water") is a town in Central Peru, South America. It is the capital of the province Lucanas in the region Ayacucho Ayacucho (, qu, Ayak'uchu) is the capital city of Ayacucho Region and of ...

.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Lucanas Province 2 (Ayacucho Region) It is situated at a height of about . Lake Orconcocha lies southwest of Lake Sawaqucha, northwest of lakes Islaqucha, Pukaqucha and Apiñaqucha and northeast of Lake Yawriwiri.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Orconcocha Lakes of Peru Lakes of Ayacucho Region

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