Takuni
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Tacune (possibly from Aymara taku Prosopis (genus of South American tree) / colored medicinal earth, -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with the taku tree" or "the one with medicinal earth") is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated south of Lake Salinas and east of the mountain Pichu Pichu. Tacune is located in the Arequipa Region, Arequipa Province, Tarucani District, and in the Moquegua Region, General Sánchez Cerro Province, Puquina District.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Takuni is referenced by 6 other articles, and connects out to General Sánchez Cerro Province, Peru and geography.
The entry is geolocated on the map in mountain_region, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Five-thousanders of the Andes, Mountains of the Department of Arequipa and Mountains of the Department of Moquegua.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- Peru
- Located in
- Moquegua Department
- Elevation
- 5500
- Image
- Laguna Salinas, Peru.jpg
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- mountain range
- Cordillera Occidental
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Tacune (possibly from Aymara taku Prosopis (genus of South American tree) / colored medicinal earth, -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with the taku tree" or "the one with medicinal earth") is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated south of Lake Salinas and east of the mountain Pichu Pichu. Tacune is located in the Arequipa Region, Arequipa Province, Tarucani District, and in the Moquegua Region, General Sánchez Cerro Province, Puquina District.
Tacune is also the name of an intermittent stream which flows from the mountain towards Lake Salinas.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Takuni” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations