Muyu Urqu

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Muyu Urqu
File:Peru - Cusco 057 - overlookng the city (6967543420).jpg
A view of Cusco and the mountains southeast of it. Muyu Urqu is the lowest hill on the left.
Highest point
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Geography
Muyu Urqu is located in Peru
Muyu Urqu
Muyu Urqu
Peru
Location Peru, Cusco Region, Cusco Province
Parent range Andes

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 3,400 metres (11,155 ft) high.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. ↑ drc-cusco.gob.pe/ "Distrito de Santiago - Sitio Arqueológico de Muyuorqo", retrieved on February 24, 2014 (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Cusco Province (Cusco Region)


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