Pachatusan

Pachatusan
Pachatusan
	Quechua
Geography
	Pachatusan Peru
Location	Cusco Region
Parent range	Andes

Pachatusan (

Cusco Region, Calca Province, San Salvador District, in the Cusco Province, in the districts San Jerónimo and Saylla, and in the Quispicanchi Province, Oropesa District. It is situated on the western bank of the Vilcanota River, beside the mountain Huaypun in the south-east.^[2]

Pachatusan lies above the sanctuary of San Salvador named Señor de Huanca.

By the local people Pachatusan is venerated as an apu.

On February 16, 2009, the cultural archaeological landscape of Pachatusan was declared a National Cultural Heritage by Resolución Directoral Nacional No. 231/INC.^[3]

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Pachatusan above the sanctuary Señor de Huanca

References

^ conservation.org "Forests for Water in the Sacred Mountain "
^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Calca Province (Cusco Region)
^ Resolución Directoral Nacional No. 913/INC

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[1] servation.org "Forests for Water in the Sacred Mountain "

[2] scale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Calca Province (Cusco Region)

[3] Resolución Directoral Nacional No. 913/INC

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