Qunchupata (
Quechua
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*Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language
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''qunchu'' muddy, ''pata'' step, bank of a river,
[ "muddy step" or "muddy bank", Hispanicized spelling ''Conchupata'') is a mountain in the ]Andes
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of Peru
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, about high. It is located in the Junín Region Junín may refer to:
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*Junín Partido
**Junín, Buenos Aires
*** Junín Airport
* Junín Department, Mendoza
** Junín, Mendoza
* Junín Department, San Luis
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*Junín, Cundinamarca
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, Yauli Province
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, Marcapomacocha District
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, and in the Lima Region
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, Huarochirí Province
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, Chicla District
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. Qunchupata lies southwest of Anta Q'asa and Quriqucha and southeast of Yana Ulla. It is situated north of the Hatun Uqhu valley (Quechua for "big swamp", Hispanicized ''Jatun Ogo'').[
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References
Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Lima Region
Mountains of Junín Region
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