Ch'aqu

Ch'aqu
Ch'aqu is located in Peru
Ch'aqu
Ch'aqu
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,000 m (16,000 ft)[1]
Coordinates13°52′42″S 71°22′02″W / 13.87833°S 71.36722°W / -13.87833; -71.36722
Geography
LocationPeru, Cusco Region
Parent rangeAndes

Ch'aqu (Quechua for a fine, whitish, edible and medicinal kind of clay,[2] Hispanicized spelling Chajo) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province, Cusipata District. It lies northeast of Hatun Ch'aqu and Yanaqaqa ("black rock", Yanajaja) and northwest of Yuraq Q'asa. Ch'aqu is situated on the left bank of the river Pukamayu ("red river", Pucamayu) which flows to the west as a right affluent of the Willkanuta River. The confluence is near Cusipata.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province 1 (Cusco Region)
  2. ^ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua_Spanish dictionary) (5-vowel-system)


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