P'aqu_Urqu_(Moquegua)

Pacoorcco (Moquegua)

Pacoorcco (Moquegua)

Mountain in Peru

For the mountain in the Arequipa Region, Peru, see P'aqu Urqu (Arequipa). For the mountain in Bolivia, see P'aqu Urqu (Bolivia).

Pacoorcco (possibly from Quechua p'aqu blond, fair, a color similar to gold, urqu mountain,[2] "'blond' or slightly golden mountain") erroneously also Poocoorco, is a 4,940-metre-high (16,207 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. The mountain is located in the Moquegua Region, General Sánchez Cerro Province, Ubinas District, north-east of the active volcano Ubinas and south of the mountain Pirhuane.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Valoración del Servicio Ambiental de Provisión de Agua con Base en la Reserva Nacional Salinas y Aguada Blanca - Cuenca del Río Chili, PROFONANPE, Lima, 2007
  2. [2]
    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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    escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the General Sánchez Cerro (Moquegua Region)


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