Utcohuarco Mountains

The Utcohuarco mountains stand above the eastern side of the Mantaro Valley in the central Peruvian Andes. Cold ridges separate the cultivated valley from the rougher country descending towards the forests to the east. The Mantaro basin was home to the Wanka, whose sacred centre at Wari Willka lay south of Huancayo and whose lands were later brought under Inca rule.