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Mountain in Peru
Uqsha Wallqa
Uqsha Wallqa is located in PeruUqsha WallqaUqsha WallqaPeru
Highest point
Elevation5,000 m (16,000 ft)
Coordinates11°55′03″S 76°06′02″W / 11.91750°S 76.10056°W / -11.91750; -76.10056
Geography
LocationPeru, Lima Region
Parent rangeAndes, Paryaqaqa

Uqsha Wallqa (Quechua uqsha a high altitude grass, wallqa collar, hispanicized spelling Ocsahualca) is a mountain in the Paryaqaqa mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is situated in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, on the border of the districts of San Mateo and Quinti. It lies northwest of Paqcha and Wararayuq and southeast of Wamanripa.

References

  1. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huarochirí Province (Lima Region)
  2. Vocabulario-Comparativo-Quechua-Ecuator-Quechua-Ancash See Spanish: Paja - Ancash Quechua paha, uqsha
  3. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.


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