Pachatusan (

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''pacha'' earth, ''tusa'', a prop to support a wall or building, ''pachatusa'' prop of the earth, ''-n'' a

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) is a mountain northeast of the city of

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in the

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, about high. It is located in the

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, Calca Province,

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, in the

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, in the districts San Jerónimo and Saylla, and in the

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, Oropesa District. It is situated on the western bank of the Vilcanota River, beside the mountain

Huaypun Huaypun (possibly from Quechua ''waypu'' a name applied for different species of '' Tinamidae'', '' Nothoprocta pentlandii'', ''Rhynchotus rufescens'' and '' Rhynchotus maculicollis'',Martín R. de la Peña, Diccionario de nombres vulgares de las ...

in the south-east. Pachatusan lies above the sanctuary of San Salvador named ''Señor de Huanca''. By the local people Pachatusan is venerated as an

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. On February 16, 2009, the cultural archaeological landscape of Pachatusan was declared a National Cultural Heritage by ''Resolución Directoral Nacional'' No. 231/INC.Resolución Directoral Nacional'' No. 913/INC

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File:Santuario Huanca.jpg, Pachatusan above the sanctuary ''Señor de Huanca''

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