Arichuwa (El Collao-Chucuito) Explained

Arichuwa
Elevation M:5000
Elevation Ref:[1]
Range:Andes
Location:Peru, Puno Region, Chucuito Province, El Collao Province
Map:Peru
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-16.8331°N -69.5656°W

Arichuwa (Aymara or Quechua for a kind of potatoes,[2] Hispanicized spelling Arichua) is a mountain in the Andes of southern Peru, about 5000m (16,000feet) high. It is situated in the Puno Region, El Collao Province, Santa Rosa District, and in the Chucuito Province, Pisacoma District. Arichuwa lies north of the peaks of Qarwa P'iq'iña.[1]

Arichuwa is also the name of an intermittent stream which originates north of the mountain. It flows to the northwest.[1]

Notes and References

  1. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the El Collao Province (Puno Region)
  2. Ficha tecnologías campesinas, Revalorización del saber local, Sistemas locales de clasificación de papas nativas en el microcentro de diversidad del norte de Potosí-Oruro