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Laksha Warina

mountain in Peru

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ16893961 ↗
Source-derived summary

Laksha Warina, Lakshawarina, Llaksha Warina or Llakshawarina (Quechua, Hispanicized Lacshahuarina, Lacsha Huarina, Llacshahuarina, Llacsha Huarina), also known as Corona del Inca (Spanish for "crown of the Inca"), is a mountain in Peru. Its summit reaches 4,281 metres (14,045 ft) above sea level. The mountain is situated in the Huánuco Region, Yarowilca Province, on the border of the districts Chavinillo, Choras and Jacas Chico.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Laksha Warina” as mountain in Peru. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Laksha, Warina and mountain.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current 63-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Laksha, Warina and mountain providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Laksha Warina”, the useful work is to connect “mountain in Peru” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16893961. Authority coordinates are -9.868, -76.529. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Laksha Warina”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Laksha Warina primary sources, Laksha Warina archive and Laksha research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Laksha Warina”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “Laksha Warina” 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.