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Chicón or Chicon (possibly from Quechua ''ch'iqu'' workable stone) is a mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Calca District and in the Urubamba Province, Urubamba District. It is situated northeast of the town of Yucay, southeast of Pumahuanca and southwest of the Sirihuani. The southern part of Chicón is also known as Illahuamán. It belongs to the Yucay District. It reaches a height of .

Key facts

Mountain.name
Chicón
Mountain.photo
Peru - Sacred Valley & Incan Ruins 275 - Chicón (8115070761).jpg
Mountain.photo_caption
Mount Chicón as seen from the southwest
Mountain.map
Peru#South America
Mountain.map_caption
Peru
Mountain.location
Urubamba, Cusco Province, Peru
Mountain.elevation_m
5530
Mountain.listing
Andes
Mountain.range
Urubamba, Andes
Mountain.first_ascent
1-1958: Via prominent snow gully on S.face & ridge
Mountain.map_size
200
Mountain.photo_size
300

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
mountain
Country
Peru
Elevation
5530
Image
Nevado Cusco.jpg
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Commons category
Chicón
mountain range
Andes

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Chicón or Chicon (possibly from Quechua ''ch'iqu'' workable stone) is a mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Calca District and in the Urubamba Province, Urubamba District. It is situated northeast of the town of Yucay, southeast of Pumahuanca and southwest of the Sirihuani. The southern part of Chicón is also known as Illahuamán. It belongs to the Yucay District. It reaches a height of .

== References ==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chicon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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