Qillqata (

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''qillqaña'' to write, ''-ta'' a suffix to indicate the

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, "written" or "something written", Hispanicized ''Quelcata'') is a mountain in the

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, about high. It is located southeast of

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in the Arequipa Region, Arequipa Province, Tarucani District, and in the

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. Some of the highest mountains near Qillqata are Wilani in the northeast, Q'uwa Laki in the southeast and Pachakutiq.

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