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Chuqi Chukchu

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Location
  
Peru, Lima Region

Mountain range
  
Andes

Elevation
  
5,154 m

Parent ranges
  
Andes, Cordillera Central

Chuqi Chukchu

Chuqi Chukchu (Quechua chuqi metal, gold (<Aymara), every kind of precious metal, chukchu malaria, "gold malaria", Hispanicized spelling Chuquichuccho) is a 5,154-metre-high (16,909 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Lima Region, Huarochiri Province, Chicla District. Chuqi Chukchu lies near the Antikuna mountain pass, northwest of Wayrakancha and northeast of Quñuq P'ukru. The mining village of Q'asa P'allqa (Casapalca) lies at its feet.

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Chuqi Chukchu Wikipedia


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