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
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for "muddy", also spelled ''Putca'') is a mountain in the Cordillera Central in the
Andes
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of
Peru
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, about high. It is slocated in the
Lima Region
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Huarochirí Province
Huarochirí Province (in hispanicized spelling) or Waruchiri is located in the Lima Region of Peru. Its capital is Matucana. The western section is part of the Lima Metropolitan Area.
Geography
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Chicla District
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Putka lies northwest of
Wayrakancha
Wayrakancha (Quechua ''wayra'' wind, ''kancha'' enclosure, enclosed place, yard, a frame, or wall that encloses, Hispanicized spelling ''Huayracancha'') is a mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in ...
and east of Quñuqp'ukru and the little lake named Putkaqucha (Quechua for "muddy lake", Hispanicized name ''Lago Putca'' or ''Laguna Putca'') which is located at .