Choquechambi
mountain in Peru
Choquechambi (possibly from Aymara chuqi gold, champi mushroom, Quechua chuqi precious metal, champi bronze, chuqichampi the name of a flower) is a mountain in the Apolobamba mountain range in Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is situated in the Puno Region, Putina Province, on the border of the Ananea District and the Sina District. Choquechambi lies northwest of Riti Urmasca and southeast of Ritipata, Chapi and Yanauma.
Choquechambi is also the name of a river. It originates northwest of the mountain near Ritipata from where it flows to the northwest.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Choquechambi” as mountain in Peru. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as mountain in Peru. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q19421161. Authority coordinates are -14.638, -69.328. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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This entry incorporates text from “Choquechambi” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.