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Tawlliqucha (Huánuco)

Coordinates: 10°19′54″S 76°44′04″W / 10.33167°S 76.73444°W / -10.33167; -76.73444
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Tawlliqucha
Tawlliqucha is located in Peru
Tawlliqucha
Tawlliqucha
LocationPeru
Huánuco Region
Coordinates10°19′54″S 76°44′04″W / 10.33167°S 76.73444°W / -10.33167; -76.73444[1]

Tawlliqucha (Quechua tawlli a kind of legume,[2] qucha lake, lagoon,[3] hispanicized spelling Taulicocha) is a lake in Peru located in the Huánuco Region, Lauricocha Province, Cauri District.[4] It lies southeast of the larger lake named Lawriqucha, near the village of Tawlliqucha (Taulicocha).

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  1. ^ ign.gob.pe Archived 2013-08-26 at archive.today IGN, Peru, Lagunas con nombre: Taulicocha 10°19'54 S 76°44'04 W, retrieved on August 26, 2013
  2. ^ Ana Arias Torre, Toponimia de Ticabamba, in LETRAS, Órgano de la Facultad de Letras y Ciencias Humanas , Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima 2002: tawlli - Tipo de legumbre, muy parecido al chocho
  3. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  4. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Lauricocha Province (Huánuco Region)