Upyanqa

{{short description|Mountain in Peru}}

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Upyanqa (Quechua upyay to drink, -nqa an archaic nominalising suffix to indicate a place destinated for something, "(a place) for drinking", hispanicized spelling Upianca) is a mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru which reaches an altitude of approximately {{convert|5300|m|ft|abbr=on}}. It is located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, in the districts of Colonia and Huantan, north and northeast of a lake and a mountain named Wankarqucha. Upyanqaqucha is the name of a small lake northwest of Upyanqa.

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escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region)

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Rodolfo Cerrón-Palomino, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Sufijos arcaicos quechuas en la toponimia andina, Etimologias, Lexis XXVI. 2 (2002): 559-577

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Category:Five-thousanders of the Andes

Category:Mountains of the Department of Lima

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