Puka Urqu (Ayacucho)

Puka Urqu
Puka Urqu
	Puka Urqu Peru
Highest point
Elevation	3,800 m (12,500 ft)
Coordinates	14°43′31″S 74°13′40″W / 14.72528°S 74.22778°W
Geography
Location	Peru, Ayacucho Region
Parent range	Andes

Puka Urqu (Quechua puka red, urqu mountain,^[2] "red mountain", also spelled Pucaorjo, Puka Orqo) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 3,800 m (12,467 ft) high, with an archaeological site of that name on the mountaintop. It is situated in the Ayacucho Region, Lucanas Province, San Cristóbal District, north of San Cristóbal. Puka Urqu lies northwest of the archaeological site of Ñawpallaqta.^[1]^[3]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Lucanas Province 2 (Ayacucho Region)
^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
^ Gobierno Regional de Ayacucho, Plan de Desarrollo Turístico de la Región Ayacucho 2004 – 2014, Aprobado mediante Ordenanza de Consejo Regional N° 03 - 04 - GRA/PRES

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[escale-1] scale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Lucanas Province 2 (Ayacucho Region)

[2] Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.

[3] Gobierno Regional de Ayacucho, Plan de Desarrollo Turístico de la Región Ayacucho 2004 – 2014, Aprobado mediante Ordenanza de Consejo Regional N° 03 - 04 - GRA/PRES

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