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P'aqu Urqu (Arequipa)

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Mountain in Peru For the mountain in Bolivia, see P'aqu Urqu (Bolivia). For the mountain in the Moquegua Region, Peru, see P'aqu Urqu (Moquegua).
P'aqu Urqu
Coropuna (snow-covered) and P'aqu Urqu (lower right edge of this image) as seen from the ISS (north is to the upper right)
Highest point
Elevation5,000 m (16,000 ft)
Coordinates15°35′25″S 72°21′37″W / 15.59028°S 72.36028°W / -15.59028; -72.36028
Geography
P'aqu Urqu is located in PeruP'aqu UrquP'aqu UrquPeru
LocationPeru, Arequipa Region, Castilla Province
Parent rangeAndes

P'aqu Urqu (Quechua p'aqu blond, fair, a color similar to gold, urqu mountain, "'blond' or slightly golden mountain", Hispanicized spelling Pacoorcco) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is located in the Arequipa Region, Castilla Province, in the south of the Andagua District. P'aqu Urqu lies north-west of Yanawara and north of Huch'uy Yanawara ("little Yanawara", Hispanicized Uchuy Yanahuara).

See also

References

  1. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Castilla Province 2 (Arequipa Region)
  2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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