Tawqan

This article is about the mountain in the Ancash Region, Peru. For other uses, see Tawqa (disambiguation).

Tawqan
Tawqan Peru
Highest point
Elevation	5,200 m (17,100 ft)[1]
Coordinates	09°58′41″S 77°01′23″W
Geography
Location	Peru, Ancash Region
Parent range	Andes, Wallanka

Tawqan (Quechua tawqa heap, pile, -n a suffix,[2] Hispanicized spelling Taucán)[3] is a mountain in the Wallanka mountain range in the Andes of Peru which reaches an altitude of approximately 5,200 m (17,100 ft). It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, in the districts of Aquia, Huallanca and Huasta,[1] northwest of Chawpi Hanka.

The name of the mountain correlates with the name of a small lake at its feet at 9°59′00″S 77°00′26″W, Tawqanqucha in Quechua (Hispanicized Laguna Taucán or Laguna Aguascocha Superior).[4] Awasqucha (Laguna Aguascocha Inferior) lies immediately east of it.[4] This is where the Ch'iyar Juqhu River (Aymara for "black swamp", also spelled Chiurucu, Chiúrucu, Chuirucu) originates. Its waters flow to the Marañón River.

References

1. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Bolognesi Province (Ancash Region) (unnamed)
2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
3. "Audiencia Pública en Chiuruco". Infohuallanca. Retrieved December 13, 2015. see images of Nevado Taucán and Laguna Taucán
4. Inventario de Fuentes de Agua y Padrón de Usarios en el AID - Hilarión