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Wachu Willka

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Elevation
  
5,315 m

Mountain range
  
Andes

Wachu Willka

Location
  
Peru, Arequipa Region, La Unión Province

Parent ranges
  
Andes, Huanzo mountain range

Wachu Willka (Quechua wachu a ridge between two furrows; row, willka grandchild; great-grandson; lineage; minor god in the Inca culture, an image of the Willkanuta valley worshipped as God; holy, sacred, divine, willka or wilka Anadenanthera colubrina (a tree), hispanicized spelling Huachuhuilca) is a 5,315-metre (17,438 ft) high mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, La Unión Province, Puyca District, southwest of Ikmaqucha.

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Wachu Willka Wikipedia