Lauricocha
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Lauricocha may refer to the following:
- Lauricocha ProvinceLauricocha ProvinceLauricocha Province is one of 11 provinces of the Huánuco Region in Peru.-Location:Lauricocha borders the Dos de Mayo Province and the Yarowilca Province in the north, the Huánuco Province and the Ambo Province in the east, the Pasco Region in the south, and the Lima Region and the Ancash Region in...
- a province in the Huánuco RegionHuánuco RegionHuánuco is a region in central Peru. It is bordered by the La Libertad, San Martín, Loreto and Ucayali regions on the north; the Ucayali Region on the east; the Pasco Region on the south; and the Lima and Ancash regions on the west. Its capital is the city of Huánuco.Huánuco has a rough topography...
in central PerúPeruPeru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.... - Lauricocha (Huánuco)Lauricocha (Huánuco)Lauricocha is a small parish in the central Andean highlands of Perú.Lauricocha is located at on the shores of Lago Lauricocha in the Huánuco Region...
- a parish in the central highlands of Perú - Lauricocha CultureLauricocha CultureLauricocha Culture is a sequence of Preceramic cultural periods in Peru's history, spanning about 5,000 years from c. 8000 to 2500 BCE.The total prehistoric sequence in Peru spans 15,000 years, starting at about 13,000 BC when the first gatherer-hunter societies left their traces in the Ayacucho...
- a sequence of cultural periods of Peru in the Huánuco area - Lago Lauricocha - a lake in central Peru
- Río Lauricocha - a river in central Perú which feeds Río Marañón, one of the AmazonAmazon RiverThe Amazon of South America is the second longest river in the world and by far the largest by waterflow with an average discharge greater than the next seven largest rivers combined...
headwaters - Margos-yarowilca-lauricocha - a language spoken by ca 80,000 Margos Chaulan Quechua in Perú