Ayacucho
Huamanga Province
Pacaycasa District

Ucupa

Ucupa is a hamlet in , , and has an elevation of 2,557 metres. Ucupa is situated nearby to the village , as well as near the hamlet .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Marayniyoq and Museo de sitio Wari.

Photo: Benuvni, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Marayniyoc is an archaeological site in the region of Ayacucho in . It lies southeast of the town of and southwest of at the border of the Huanta Province, and the Huamanga Province, in a plain called Vega Pampa.

Museum
Photo: Leandro Neumann Ciuffo, CC BY 2.0.
is a museum.

Archaeological site
Piki Mach'ay is an archaeological site in the Ayacucho Valley of . Radiocarbon dating from this cave indicates a human presence ranging from 22,200 to 14,700 years ago, but this evidence has been disputed and a more conservative date of 12,000 years BCE seems possible. is situated 3 km northwest of Ucupa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chanchara and Quinua.

Hamlet
is a town in , it is located at 13°3'0S 74°16'0W and has an altitude of 2734 metres. is situated 7 km west of Ucupa.

Town
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is a small town in in the province of Huamanga, in 's central highland department of , 37 km from the city of Huamanga, at an altitude of 3,300 meters, which today serves as the administrative capital of the district of the same name. is situated 8 km east of Ucupa.

Ucupa

Latitude
-13.0607° or 13° 3′ 39″ south
Longitude
-74.2127° or 74° 12′ 46″ west
Elevation
2,557 metres (8,389 feet)
Open location code
57R7WQQP+PW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3617867311
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
8673562
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