Lake Sahuaccocha (
Quechua ''sawa'' marriage, ''qucha'' lake)
[ is a lake in Peru located in the ]Ayacucho Region
Ayacucho () is a department and region of Peru, located in the south-central Andes of the country. Its capital is the city of Ayacucho. The region was one of the hardest hit in the 1980s during the guerrilla war waged by Shining Path known as ...
, Lucanas Province
Lucanas is the largest province in the Ayacucho Region in Peru. Its seat is Puquio.
Geography
Some of the highest mountains of the province are Rasuwillka and Qarwarasu. Other mountains are listed below:
Some of the largest lakes of the p ...
, Chipao District
Chipao District is one of twenty-one districts of the province Lucanas in Peru.
Geography Not Historical
Some of the highest mountains in the district are Rasuwillka and Qarwarasu. Other mountains are listed below:
Ethnic groups
The peop ...
. It is situated at a height of about . Sawaqucha lies northeast of the lakes named Yawriwiri, Urqunqucha and Kunturqucha, northwest of Tipiqucha, Pukaqucha, another lake named Urqunqucha (slightly smaller than the lake mentioned before) and Islaqucha, and north of Lake Apiñaccocha.[
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See also
*List of lakes in Peru
The following is a list of lakes in Peru.Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI)"Compendio Estadistica 2007" page 26 Many of the names have the ending -cocha, from Quechua ''qucha'': lake.
* Acucocha
* Alcacocha
* Arapa
* A ...
References
Lakes of Peru
Lakes of Ayacucho Region
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