Pukaqucha (Puno)

This article is about the lake in the Puno Region, Peru. For other uses, see Pukaqucha. For the lake in Bolivia, see Laguna Colorada.
Pukaqucha

Lampa and parts of the lake Pukaqucha as seen from the air
Location Peru
Puno Region, Lampa Province
Coordinates 15°21′34″S 70°21′2″W / 15.35944°S 70.35056°W / -15.35944; -70.35056Coordinates: 15°21′34″S 70°21′2″W / 15.35944°S 70.35056°W / -15.35944; -70.35056

Pukaqucha[1][2] (Quechua puka red, colored, qucha lake,[3][4] "red lake" or "colored lake", hispanicized spellings Pucacocha, Pucaccocha, also known as Laguna Colorada as translated into Spanish) is a lake in the Puno Region in southern Peru. It is situated in the Lampa Province, Lampa District, east of Lampa.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Municipalidad Provincial de Lampa, Ampliación e Instalación del Sistemade Agua Potable y Alcantarillado en las Urbanizaciones Puente Colonial y Juan Velazco Alvarado del Distrito de Lampa, Provincia de Lampa – Puno, June 2013
  2. ↑ "Plan estratégico de desarrollo económico y social de la provincia de Lampa (2009 /2020)". Andres Vilca Mamani. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Acopa, Diccionario Bilingüe, Iskay simipi yuyay k'ancha, Quechua – Castellano, Castellano – Quechua (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua_Spanish dictionary)
  5. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Lampa Province (Puno Region)


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