The Cordillera Central (

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for central mountain range) is part of the

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. It extends in a northerly direction approximately between 11º 39’ and 12º 37’S and 75º 30’ and 76º 20’W (or between 11°37' and 12°26'S and 75°30' and 76°18'W) for about 60 km to 100 km. It contains the Paryaqaqa (P), Yauyos (Y) and Pichqa Waqra (PW) mountain ranges. It is located in the

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and in the

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. The name ''Cordillera Central'' is also applied for one of the three ranges that cross Peru in a northwesterly direction between the Cordillera Occidental ("the western range") where the Cordillera Central of the Junín and Lima Regions is located and the Cordillera Oriental ("the eastern range"). The mountaineer Evelio Echevarría uses the term for the La Viuda range and the Khaskaqucha range.

Mountains

The highest mountain in the range is

Qutuni Ticlla or Qutuni (Aymara ''qutu'' heap, pile, ''-ni'' a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a heap", Hispanicized spellings ''Cotoni, Cutuni''), also called Tiklla (Quechua for eyelash; two-colored, Hispanicized spellings ''Ticcla, Ticll ...

at (or ) in the Pichqa Waqra range. Other mountains are listed below:escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region)

References

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