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{{short description|Mountain in Peru}}
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| name = Wachwa
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| elevation_m = 5300
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| range = [[Andes]]
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| location = [[Peru]], [[Lima Region]]
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'''Wachwa''' ([[Quechua language|Quechua]] for [[Andean goose]],<ref>Abdón Yaranga Valderrama: Diccionario Quechua-Español / Runa Simi-Español. Lima / Paris 2003: wachwa: Chloephaga melanoptera, syn. wallata</ref><ref>[https://www.panoramio.com/photo/46875018 Panoramio: Chloephaga melanoptera (Huachua)]</ref><ref name="sgrnma">[http://webserver.regionjunin.gob.pe/frames/management/sgrnma/anexo_3.pdf Informac SGRNMA al 31.12.07]: ''huashua (Chloephga melanoptera), [...] huachua (Chloephaga melanoptera).''</ref> Hispanicized spelling ''Huachhua'') is a mountain in the [[Andes]] of [[Peru]], about {{convert|5300|m|ft|0}} high. It is situated in the [[Lima Region]], [[Huarochiri Province]], on the border of the districts of [[Carampoma District|Carampoma]] and [[Chicla District|Chicla]].<ref name=escale/> Wachwa lies southwest of [[Ukrupata]] and [[Millpu (Huarochirí)|Millpu]] and southeast of the lake named [[Wachwaqucha]] (Quechua for "Andean goose lake", Hispanicized and broken name ''Huachuguacocha'').
== References ==
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[[Category:Mountains of Peru]]
[[Category:Mountains of Lima Region]]
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