Arichuwa (Aymara or Quechua for a kind of potatoes,Ficha tecnologías campesinas, Revalorización del saber local, Sistemas locales de clasificación de papas nativas en el microcentro de diversidad del norte de Potosí-Oruro Hispanicized spelling Arichua) is a mountain in the Andes of southern Peru, about high. It is situated in the Puno Region, El Collao Province, Santa Rosa District, and in the Chucuito Province, Pisacoma District. Arichuwa lies north of the peaks of Qarwa P'iq'iña.
Arichuwa is also the name of an intermittent stream which originates north of the mountain. It flows to the northwest.
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