Khapia
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Khapia (possibly from in the Aymara spelling Qhapiya, or Qapiya in Uru language, Hispanicized spellings ''Capía, Ccapia, Ccapía, Khapia, Khapía, K'apía'') is a mountain in Peru, possibly an extinct volcano, situated at a height of about . It is located in the Puno Region, Chucuito Province, in the districts Pomata and Zepita, and in the Yunguyo Province, in the districts Cuturapi, Copani and Yunguyo. The mountain lies near Lake Titicaca at the road which connects Yunguyo and Puno, south of the hill Asiru Phat'jata.
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- mountain
- Country
- Peru
- Located in
- Puno Department
- Elevation
- 4809
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- Altiplano
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- Cerro Khapía
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Khapia (possibly from in the Aymara spelling Qhapiya, or Qapiya in Uru language, Hispanicized spellings ''Capía, Ccapia, Ccapía, Khapia, Khapía, K'apía'') is a mountain in Peru, possibly an extinct volcano, situated at a height of about . It is located in the Puno Region, Chucuito Province, in the districts Pomata and Zepita, and in the Yunguyo Province, in the districts Cuturapi, Copani and Yunguyo. The mountain lies near Lake Titicaca at the road which connects Yunguyo and Puno, south of the hill Asiru Phat'jata.
In 2011 Khapia with its prehispanic archaeological site was declared a National Cultural Heritage (Patrimonio Cultural) of Peru by resolution No. 589-2011-VMPCIC-MC of May 13, 2011, of the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Culture and a "Landscape Reserve" (Zona de Reserva Paisajística in Spanish) by Decrete Supreme No. 008-2011-MINAM.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Khapia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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