Suyt'uqucha (Apurímac)
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Suyt'uqucha (
Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language ...
''suyt'u, sayt'u'' rectangular, ''qucha'' lake, lagoon, "rectangular lake", Hispanicized spelling ''Suytuccocha'') is a lake in
Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
located in the
Apurímac Region Apurímac is the name of: *Apurímac River, a river in the south-eastern parts of central Peru * Department of Apurímac, a region in the south-eastern parts of central Peru *Three albums by the German new-age band Cusco Cusco or Cuzco (; or ...
, Andahuaylas Province,
Andahuaylas District Andahuaylas District is one of the nineteen districts of the Andahuaylas Province in Peru. Geography One of the highest peaks of the district is Saqra Urqu at approximately . Other mountains are listed below: Ethnic groups The people in th ...
.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Andahuaylas Province (Apurímac Region) "Lago Suytuccocha" It is situated at a height of about , about 2.49 km long and 0.8 km at its widest point. Suyt'uqucha lies southwest of Antaqucha ("copper lake") of the San Jerónimo District.


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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 * Ar ...


References

Lakes of Peru Lakes of the Department of Apurímac {{Peru-geo-stub