 It contains the Paryaqaqa (P), Yauyos (Y) and Pichqa Waqra (PW) mountain ranges.It is located in the Junín Region and in the Lima Region.The name "Cordillera Central" is also applied for one of the three ranges that cross Peru in a northwesterly direction between the Cordillera Occidental ("the western range") where the Cordillera Central of the Junín and Lima Regions is located and the Cordillera Oriental ("the eastern range").