Morococha
Morococha District is one of ten districts of the province Yauli in Peru. Morococha has an elevation of 4,601 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Josue Hermoza, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 5,160 residents
- Description: district in Junín, Peru
- Also known as: “Morococha District”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Killa Wañunan and Waskhaqucha.
Killa Wañunan
Peak
Killa Wañunan is a 5,029-metre-high mountain in the Andes of Peru. It lies in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, Yauli District. Killa Wañunan is situated southeast of the Antikuna mountain pass and the lake named Waqraqucha, and east of Tuku Mach'ay.
Waskhaqucha
Lake
Waskhaqucha is a lake in Peru located in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, Morococha District. It lies east of a lake named Waqraqucha. The Waskhaqucha dam was erected in 1914. Waskhaqucha is situated 3½ km east of Morococha.
Huacracocha
Lake
Photo: Josue Hermoza, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Huacracocha is a lake in Peru located in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, Morococha District. It lies southeast of the mountain Anticona and south of the mountain Yanashinga, near the Ticlio mountain pass. Huacracocha is situated 3½ km northwest of Morococha.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ticlio.
Ticlio
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ticlio is a mountain pass and the highest point of the Central Highway of Peru, located in the Andes Mountains in the Chicla District, Huarochirí Province, Department of Lima. Ticlio is situated 7 km west of Morococha.
Morococha
- Categories: district of Peru and locality
- Location: Yauli Province, Junín Department, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-11.6063° or 11° 36′ 23″ southLongitude
-76.1326° or 76° 7′ 58″ westPopulation
5,160Elevation
4,601 metres (15,095 feet)Open location code
57W59VV8+FWOpenStreetMap ID
node 4470670416OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
8350242Wikidata ID
Q6320389
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In Other Languages
From Aymara to Uzbek—“Morococha” goes by many names.
- Aymara: “Muruqucha jisk’a t’aqa suyu”
- Cebuano: “Morococha (distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Morococha”
- Chinese: “莫羅科查區”
- Georgian: “მოროკოჩის რაიონი”
- German: “Distrikt Morococha”
- Italian: “distretto di Morococha”
- Italian: “Distretto di Morococha”
- Portuguese: “Morococha”
- Quechua: “Muruqucha distritu”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Morococha”
- Uzbek: “Morococha tumani”
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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 “Morococha”. Photo: Josue Hermoza, CC BY-SA 3.0.