Pillku Urqu (Quechua pillku red, urqu mountain),[2] also known as Pikul, Piqul (possibly a corruption of pillku, Hispanicized spellings Piccol, Picol, also Pikol, Piqol) or Wayna Piqul (Quechua wayna young, Hispanicized Huaynapicol, Huaynapiccol, also Wayna Piqol), is a 4,448-metre-high (14,593 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru, near the city of Cusco. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Taray District, and in the Cusco Province, San Jerónimo District, north of San Jerónimo.[3]

Pillku Urqu
Cusco with the mountains Pillku Urqu (on the left) and Pachatusan (center) in the background
Highest point
Elevation4,448 m (14,593 ft)[1]
Coordinates13°29′50″S 71°52′50″W / 13.49722°S 71.88056°W / -13.49722; -71.88056
Naming
Language of nameQuechua
Geography
Pillku Urqu is located in Peru
Pillku Urqu
Pillku Urqu
Peru
LocationPeru, Cusco Region
Parent rangeAndes

By the local people Pillku Urqu has been venerated as an apu.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ PNUD-INDECI, Estudio del Mapa de Peligros de la Ciudad del Cusco, Proyecto: Ciudades Sostenibles. Cusco 2004 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Acopa, Diccionario Bilingüe, Iskay simipi yuyay k'ancha, Quechua – Castellano, Castellano – Quechua (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Cusco Province (Cusco Region)
  4. ^ Germán Zecenarro Benavente, Apus tutelares y asentamientos del Cusco preinka, Boletín de Arqueología PUCP, No. 7, 2003, 387-405 (in Spanish)