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Waqra Willka (
Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language **So ...
''waqra'' horn, ''willka'' grandchild; great-grandson; lineage; minor god in the Inca culture, an image of the Willkanuta valley worshipped as God; holy, sacred, divine, ''willka'' or ''wilka'' ''
Anadenanthera colubrina ''Anadenanthera colubrina'' (also known as vilca, huilco, huilca, wilco, willka, curupay, curupau, cebil, or angico) is a South American tree closely related to yopo, or ''Anadenanthera peregrina''. It grows to tall and the trunk is very thorn ...
'' (a tree),Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)Mariko Namba Walter,Eva Jane Neumann Fridman, Shamanism: An Encyclopedia of World Beliefs, Practices, and Culture, Vol. 1, p. 439 ''willka'' or ''vilca'' (''Anadenanthera peregrina'' and ''Anadenanthera colubrina'') Hispanicized spelling ''Huacravilca'') is a mountain in the Andes of
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. It is located in the
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Huancayo Province Huancayo Province is located in Peru. It is one of the 9 provinces composing the Junín Region. It borders to the north with the Concepción Province, the east with the Satipo Province, the south with the Huancavelica Region and the west with the ...
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Chongos Alto District Chongos Alto District is one of twenty-eight districts of the province Huancayo in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital''. Retrieved April 11, 2008. Is located in the Department of Junin, part of ...
. Waqra Willka lies east of Wira Challwa. A couple of small lakes named Yuraqqucha ("white lake"), Anqasqucha ("blue lake"), Challwaqucha ("fish lake") and Antaqucha ("copper lake") are situated at the feet of the mountain.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huancavelica Province 1 (Huancavelica Region)


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