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Huarmicocha (Huancavelica)

Coordinates: 12°42′32″S 75°31′37″W / 12.70889°S 75.52694°W / -12.70889; -75.52694
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Huarmicocha
Huarmicocha is located in Peru
Huarmicocha
Huarmicocha
LocationHuancavelica Region
Coordinates12°42′32″S 75°31′37″W / 12.70889°S 75.52694°W / -12.70889; -75.52694[1]
Basin countriesPeru

Huarmicocha (possibly from Quechua warmi woman, wife, qucha lake,[2] "woman's lake") is a large lake in Peru located in the Huancavelica Region, Huancavelica Province, Acobambilla District.

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  1. ^ mapcarta.com "Laguna Huarmicocha", retrieved on January 11, 2014
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  • INEI, Compendio Estadistica 2007, page 26