K'awchini (

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''k'awchi, k'awch'i'' big pot, ''-ni'' a

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to indicate ownership, "the one with a big pot", Hispanicized spelling ''Cauchini'') is a mountain in the

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of southern

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, about high. It is situated in the

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, El Collao Province, Santa Rosa District. K'awchini lies northwest of the mountain Wilantani.Peru 1:100,000, Challapalca 2936, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD

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