Hacienda Tejehuasi

Hacienda Tejehuasi is a hamlet in Pampamarca District, La Unión, La Unión Province, Arequipa and has an elevation of 2,547 metres. Hacienda Tejehuasi is situated nearby to the village Mungui, as well as near the hamlet Collota.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Huiñao.

Huiñao

Peak

Photo: Manouel, Public domain.

Huiñao is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 3,645 metres high. It lies in the Arequipa Region, La Unión Province, Cotahuasi District. What makes the mountain so special among the much higher mountains surrounding it is that it is situated in the Cotahuasi Canyon and that there are good panoramic views from its top across the Cotahuasi Canyon and the surrounding mountains. Huiñao is situated 3½ km southeast of Hacienda Tejehuasi.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cotahuasi Canyon and Cotahuasi.

Cotahuasi Canyon

Photo: Ivan Mlinaric, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cotahuasi Canyon, near the city of Arequipa in Peru, is one of the deepest canyons in the world. With a depth of approximately 3,354 metres, as defined as the difference in elevation at river level and the peak of a mountain alongside the canyon, it is more than twice as deep as the Grand Canyon.

Cotahuasi

Town

Cotahuasi is a town in Southern Peru, capital of the province La Unión in the region of Arequipa. Cotahuasi is situated 3 km south of Hacienda Tejehuasi.

Hacienda Tejehuasi

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Pampamarca District, La Unión, La Unión Province, Arequipa, Peru, South America
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Latitude

-15.18848° or 15° 11′ 19″ south

Longitude

-72.89659° or 72° 53′ 48″ west

Elevation

2,547 metres (8,356 feet)

Open location code

57P9R463+J9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3519435989

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

3940310

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