Machu Tanka Tanka (possibly from Quechua ''machu'' old, Aymara ''tanka'' hat and

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of priests, the

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indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, "the old one with many hats", or Machu Tanqa Tanqa (Aymara ''tanqa tanqa'' beetle,Teodoro Marka M., Nociónes Basicas de Lengua Aymara, p. 21 "the old beetle") Hispanicized spelling ''Macho Tankha Tankha'') is a mountain in the Andes of

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. It is situated in the Cochabamba Department,

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. Machu Tanka Tanka lies northeast of the slightly lower mountain Wayna Tanka Tanka. (unnamed, northeast of ''Tankha Tankha Loma'')

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Mountains of Cochabamba Department {{CochabambaBO-geo-stub