What is "tawqa"

Tawqa ( Quechua for heap, pile, hispanicized spelling Tauca) is a high mountain in the Cusco Region in Peru. It is situated in the Calca Province, San Salvador District, and in the Paucartambo Province, Caicay District, northeast of Waypun. The Willkanuta River flows around its southern and western slopes. In the east the mountain is bordered by the Wank'amayu (Quechua for "stone river", Huancamayo). It is a right tributary of the Willkanuta River. The confluence is south of the mountain.

Tawqa or Tawqan ( Quechua tawqa heap, pile, -n a suffix, hispanicized spellings Tauca, Taucán) may refer to:

• Tauca District, a district and its seat in the Ancash Region, Peru
• Tawqa, a mountain in the Calca Province, Cusco Region, Peru
• Tawqan, a mountain in the Ancash Region, Peru