Khapia

Also known as Cerro Ccapia

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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The entry is geolocated on the map in mountain_region, across 2 mapped points.

It sits within the topics Archaeological sites in Peru, Archaeological sites in the Department of Puno and Four-thousanders of the Andes.

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Instance of: mountain
Country: Peru
Located in: Puno Department
Elevation: 4809

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located in/on physical feature: Altiplano
Commons category: Cerro Khapía

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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.

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