Ahuila Gencha Machay

{{short description|Archaeological site in Peru}}

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| image = Ciudad de Singa 00596.JPG

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| caption = The village of Singa with the mountain Ocpay in the background where the archaeological site of Ahuila Gencha Machay is situated

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| location = Peru, Huánuco Region, Huamalíes Province

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Ahuila Gencha Machay (possibly from Quechua awila grandmother a borrowing from Spanish abuela, qhincha bad luck, unlucky person, unlucky, qincha hedge, fence, mach'ay cave)David Weber, A Grammar of Huallaga (Huánuco) Quechua, University of California Publications, LINGUISTICS, Volume 112, University of California Press, 1989Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) is an archaeological site with cave paintings in Peru. It lies in the Huánuco Region, Huamalíes Province, Singa District. It is situated on the mountain Ocpay southwest of Singa, at a height of about {{convert|3853|m|ft|0}}.{{cite web|url=http://ficha.sigmincetur.mincetur.gob.pe/index.aspx?cod_Ficha=4801|title=Sitio arqueológico Ahuila Gencha Machay|author=|publisher=mincetur|access-date=April 12, 2018|archive-date=April 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412211922/http://ficha.sigmincetur.mincetur.gob.pe/index.aspx?cod_Ficha=4801|url-status=dead}}