Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language
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for "muddy", also spelled ''Putca'') is a mountain in the
Paryaqaqa
Pariacaca, Paria Caca'','' Paryaqaqa, Parya Qaqa, (possibly from Quechua ''parya'' reddish; copper; sparrow, ''qaqa'' rock) or Tullujuto (possibly from Quechua ''tullu'' bone, ''qutu'' heap, "bone heap") is the highest mountain in the Pariacaca ...
mountain range in the
Andes
The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...
of
Peru
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, about high. It is located in the
Junín Region Junín may refer to:
Places Argentina
*Junín Partido
**Junín, Buenos Aires
*** Junín Airport
* Junín Department, Mendoza
** Junín, Mendoza
* Junín Department, San Luis
*Junín de los Andes, Neuquén
Colombia
*Junín, Cundinamarca
*Juní ...
,
Yauli Province
The Yauli Province is one of the nine provinces in Peru that form the Junín Region. It is bordered to the north by the Pasco Region and the Junín Province, to the east by the Tarma Province, to the south by the Jauja Province and to the west by ...
Qarwachuku
Carhuachuco (possibly from Quechua ''qarwa'' yellowish, ''chuku'' hat) is a mountain in the Pariacaca mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, in the districts Suitucancha and Yauli. ...
.
The largest lake south of Putka is named
Putkaqucha
Putkaqucha (Quechua ''putka'' muddy (Jauja Quechua), ''qucha'' lake, "muddy lake", Hispanicized spelling ''Putcacocha'') is a mountain in the Waytapallana mountain range in Peru. It is located in the Junín Region, Concepción Province, Com ...
(Quechua for "muddy lake", also spelled ''Putcacocha''). One of the small lakes southeast of Putka is named Putkaqucha, too. It lies at .