Muyu Urqu Explained

Muyu Urqu
Elevation M:	3400
Elevation Ref:	^[1]
Range:	Andes
Language:	Quechua
Location:	Peru, Cusco Region, Cusco Province
Map:	Peru
Map Size:	240
Coordinates:	-13.5425°N -71.9564°W

Muyu Urqu (Quechua muyu circle, urqu mountain,^[2] "circle mountain", Hispanicized spellings Muyuorco, Muyuorcco, Muyu Orcco, Muyu Orco, also Muyu Orqo, Muyuorqo, Muyu Urqo) is an archaeological site and a prominent hill in Peru.^{[1] [3]} It is situated in the Cusco Region, Cusco Province, Santiago District,^[4] east of the mountain Araway Qhata, at the right bank of Watanay River. The mountain with the archaeological remains is about 3400m (11,200feet) high.

See also

• Anawarkhi
• Araway Qhata
• Pachatusan
• Pikchu
• Pillku Urqu
• Pumamarka
• Sinqa
• Wanakawri

Notes and References

1. Julinho Zapata Rodriguez, Los Cerros Sagrados: Panorama del Periodo Formativo en la Cuenca del Vilcanota, Cuzco (The Sacred Mountains: A Formative Period's Overview of the Vilcanota Basin, Cuzco), Boletín de Arqueología PUCP, No. 2, 1998, 307-336 (in Spanish, abstract in English)
2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
3. http://www.drc-cusco.gob.pe/index.php/zonas-sitios-arqueologicos-valle-cusco/importancia-za-valle-cusco?showall=&start=3 drc-cusco.gob.pe/
4. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Cusco Province (Cusco Region)