Arequipa
La Unión Province
Cotahuasi District

Cotahuasi

Cotahuasi is a town in Southern , capital of the province La Unión in the region of Arequipa. Cotahuasi has about 1,530 residents and an elevation of 2,686 metres.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Huiñao.

Peak
Photo: Manouel, Public domain.
is a mountain in the of , about 3,645 metres high. It lies in the Arequipa Region, La Unión Province, . What makes the mountain so special among the much higher mountains surrounding it is that it is situated in the and that there are good panoramic views from its top across the Cotahuasi Canyon and the surrounding mountains.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cotahuasi Canyon.

Photo: Ivan Mlinaric, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, near the city of in , 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 .

Cotahuasi

Latitude
-15.21262° or 15° 12′ 45″ south
Longitude
-72.88925° or 72° 53′ 21″ west
Population
1,530
Elevation
2,686 metres (8,812 feet)
Open location code
57P9Q4P6+X7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 258083746
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3942077
Wiki­data ID
Q2638258
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Waray—“Cotahuasi” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “科塔瓦西”
  • Dutch: “Cotahuasi”
  • French: “Cotahuasi”
  • Italian: “Cotahuasi”
  • Lithuanian: “Kotahuasis”
  • Lithuanian: “Kotavasis”
  • Persian: “کوتئواسی”
  • Portuguese: “Cotahuasi”
  • Quechua: “Kutawasi”
  • Quechua: “Qutawasi”
  • Romanian: “Cotahuasi”
  • Russian: “Котауаси”
  • Spanish: “Cotahuasi”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Cotahuasi”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Plaza Concepcion and Municipalidad de Cotahuasi.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cotahuasi”. Photo: Ivan Mlinaric, CC BY-SA 3.0.