Quriqucha (Quechua ''quri'' gold, ''qucha'' lake, "gold lake", hispanicized spelling ''Coricocha, Qoricocha'') is a lake in
Peru
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located in the
Cusco Region
Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu suyu ), is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de D ...
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Calca Province Calca may refer to:
*Calca Peninsula, a peninsula in South Australia
* Calca Province, one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region of Peru
* Calca District, one of the eight districts in the Calca Province
* Calca, Peru, capital of the Calca Dist ...
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Coya District
Coya District is one of eight districts of the Calca Province in the Cusco Region of Peru.
Geography
Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:
* Hatun Pukara
* Hatun Raqha Kay
* Hatun Suyu Q'asa
* Ichhunayuq
* Quriqucha ...
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[escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Calca Province (Cusco Region)] It is situated at a height of about . Quriqucha lies west of the
Willkanuta River and the little town
Taray.
References
Lakes of Peru
Lakes of Cusco Region
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