Araway Qhata, Mountain summit in Cusco Region, Peru

Araway Qhata is a mountain on the southern edge of the city of Cusco, in Santiago District, Cusco Province. Further south the same ridge is called Kunturuma, Quechua for "condor head". Its slope above the city carries the large carved letters "Viva El Perú Glorioso", readable from the streets below.

The sources record no pre-Columbian or Inca history for Araway Qhata. Its documented history is the carving of the words "Viva El Perú Glorioso" in large letters into the mountainside, placed so the text can be read from the city of Cusco below. The slope is also known further south as Kunturuma, from Quechua kuntur (condor) and uma (head).

The name is Quechua: araway means to hang or to hang oneself, and qhata means slope or hillside. Further south the same ridge is called Kunturuma, from kuntur (condor) and uma (head), written Condoroma in Spanish. The mountain is locally known for the huge letters Viva El Perú Glorioso carved into its flank, which residents read from the city below.

The mountain rises directly south of Cusco in Santiago District, so it is reached from the city itself rather than from a distant trailhead. The carved letters of Viva El Perú Glorioso face the city and are best read from the urban area below, not from the slope itself.

A large inscription reading 'Viva El Peru Glorioso' covers part of the mountainside and is clearly visible from many locations in the city of Cusco. This text serves as a striking visual marker when viewed from the valley below.