Susupillo is a mountain with an archaeological site of the same name in the

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, about high. It is situated in the

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. The archaeological site of Susupillo lies on the northern slope of the mountain at about ,Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Centro Nacional de Información Cultural, Contribución para un primer inventario general de sitios arqueológicos del Perú, Lima 2001 at a height of more than . It was declared a National Cultural Heritage of Peru by ''Resolución Directoral'' No. 533/INC on June 18, 2002.

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