Huacramarca or Waqramarka (possibly from Quechua ''waqra''

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, ''marka'' village)Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary): ''waqra'' - ''s. Cuerno.'' ''marka'' - ''s. Pueblo o aldea.'' is an archaeological site on a mountain of the same name in

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. Huacramarca lies southeast of

Contrahierbas Contrahierbas, also called Yanarraju (possibly from Quechua ''yana'' black, ''rahu'' snow, ice, mountain with snow) or Ruricocha (possibly from Quechua ''ruri'' inside, Ancash Quechua ''ruri'' interior; inside; deep; valley or little river; ''quc ...

, near the village Huallin (located in the

Ancash Region Ancash ( qu, Anqash; es, Áncash ) is a department and region in northern Peru. It is bordered by the departments of La Libertad on the north, Huánuco and Pasco on the east, Lima on the south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Its capital i ...

, Asunción Province, Chacas District). The ruins are situated on top of the mountain Huacramarca at an elevation of .Rafael Vega-Centeno, El Proyecto de Investigación Arqueológica Huacramarca. Resultados preliminares. investigaciones sociales Año XII N° 21, pp. 49-75 nmsm / iihs, Lima, 2008(in Spanish)

Images

File:Wacramarca.jpg, Huacramarca with the

Cordillera Blanca The Cordillera Blanca (Spanish for "white range") is a mountain range in Peru that is part of the larger Andes range and extends for between 8°08' and 9°58'S and 77°00' and 77°52'W, in a northwesterly direction. It includes several peaks ove ...

and the mountains

Hualcán Hualcán (also called Rajopaquinan) (possibly from Quechua ''wallqa, walqa'', ''-n'' a suffix) is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is located in Ancash, between Chacas (in Asunción Province) and Carhua ...

and Contrahierbas in the background

References

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