Quriqucha (

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language ...

''quri''

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, ''qucha'' lake, "gold lake", Hispanicized spelling ''Ccoricocha'') is a lake in

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

. It is situated in the

Apurímac Region Apurímac is the name of: *Apurímac River, a river in the south-eastern parts of central Peru * Department of Apurímac, a region in the south-eastern parts of central Peru *Three albums by the German new-age band Cusco Cusco or Cuzco (; or ...

, Andahuaylas Province, San Jerónimo District. Quriqucha lies southwest of the lakes Antaqucha and Wachuqucha, and northeast of the lake Suyt'uqucha.escale.minedu.gob.pe - Map of the Andahuaylas Province (Apurímac Region)

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Lakes of Peru Lakes of the Department of Apurímac {{Apurímac-geo-stub

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