Warmi Wañusqa (

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 ...

''warmi'' woman, wife, ''wañuy'' die, ''-sqa'' a suffix (''wañusqa'' died, dead), "woman who died" or "woman died", also spelled ''Huarmihuanusca, Huarmihuañusca, Warmihuañusca, Warmihuanuscca, Warmiwañusca, Warmiwañuscca, Warmi Wanusca'') is a mountain pass in the Cusco Region in

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. It is located in the

Urubamba Province Urubamba Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru. Geography The province is bounded to the north by the La Convención Province, to the east by the Calca Province, to the south by the Cusco ...

Machupicchu District Machupicchu (from Quechua Machu Pikchu, "old peak") is one of seven districts of the Urubamba Province in Peru. Its seat is the village of Machupicchu. Geography The Urupampa and Willkapampa mountain ranges traverse the district. Some of the ...

. Warmi Wañusqa lies on the Inca Trail to Machu Pikchu, southwest of the archaeological site of

Patallaqta Patallacta (possibly from Quechua ''pata'' elevated place / above, at the top / edge, bank (of a river), shore, ''llaqta'' place (village, town, city, country, nation), "settlement on a platform" pronounced "pahta-yakta"), Llactapata or Q'ente ...

. It is situated at a height of .congreso.gob.pe
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Landforms of Cusco Region Mountain passes of Peru {{peru-geo-stub

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