Ñust'apata

Ñust'apata
Ñust'apata
	View of the Sacred Valley and the Willkanuta River in Písac. Ñustapata is in the background on the right.
Highest point
Elevation	4,000 m (13,000 ft) [1]
Coordinates	13°26′45″S71°51′15″W / 13.44583°S 71.85417°W Coordinates: 13°26′45″S71°51′15″W / 13.44583°S 71.85417°W [2]
Geography
	Ñust'apata Peru
Location	Peru, Cusco Region
Parent range	Andes

Last updated March 01, 2019

Ñust'apata (Quechua ñust'a princess, pata elevated place; above, at the top; edge, bank, shore, step)^[3]^[4] "princess bank") is a mountain in the Cusco Region in Peru, about 4,000 metres (13,123 ft) high. It is situated in the Calca Province, on the border of the districts of Pisac and Taray. Ñust'apata lies on the left bank of the Willkanuta River, near the archaeological park of Pisac.^[1]

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains vertically extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon river.

Calca Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru. Its seat is Calca.

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References

1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Calca Province (Cusco Region) (unnamed)
↑ "Cerro Ñustapata". IGN, Peru. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)

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[escale-1] 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Calca Province (Cusco Region) (unnamed)

[ign-2] "Cerro Ñustapata". IGN, Peru. Retrieved July 6, 2015.

[3] Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)

[laime-4] Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)