Canchacanchajasa

Canchacanchajasa (possibly from Quechua kancha enclosure, enclosed place, yard, a frame, or wall that encloses, q'asa mountain pass,^[2][3] the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, "Cancha Cancha mountain pass") is a 4,987-metre-high (16,362 ft) mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Calca District, north of the Urubamba River. Canchacanchajasa is situated southeast of Sirihuani, north of Cóndorhuachana and Huamanchoque and southwest of Sahuasiray. It lies in the upper part of the Cancha Cancha valley^[4] (kancha kancha) at the Lares trek.

Canchacanchajasa
Canchacanchajasa
Highest point
Elevation	4,987 m (16,362 ft)[1]
Coordinates	13°13′12″S 72°0′32″W
Geography
Canchacanchajasa Peru
Location	Peru, Cusco Region
Parent range	Urubamba mountain range

See also

• Pucaorjo

References

1. Mapa de peligros de la ciudad de Calca, Informe final, Proyecto INDECI – PNUD PER / 02/ 051, Ciudades sostenibles (see map of Calca, unnamed)
2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
3. Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
4. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Calca Province (Cusco Region)