Coipapite (possibly from

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''qullpa''

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, ''p'iti'' dividing by pulling powerfully to the extremes; gap, interruption) is a mountain in the

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which reaches an altitude of approximately . It is located in the

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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 ...

Marcapomacocha District Marcapomacocha District is one of ten districts of the Yauli Province in the Junín Region in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática The Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI) ("National Institute of Statis ...

, and in the

Lima Region The Department of Lima () is a department and region located in the central coast of Peru, the ''seat of the Regional Government'' is Huacho. Lima Province, which contains the city of Lima, the country's capital, is located west of the Departmen ...

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. It lies at the Quri Wayi valley, southeast of a lake named Marcapomacocha. Culpa Piti is also the name of an unpopulated place in the Quri Wayi valley northeast of the mountain.

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