Canchacanchajasa

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Canchacanchajasa

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Canchacanchajasa
Highest point
Elevation 4,987 m (16,362 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 13°13′12″S72°0′32″W / 13.22000°S 72.00889°W / -13.22000; -72.00889 Coordinates: 13°13′12″S72°0′32″W / 13.22000°S 72.00889°W / -13.22000; -72.00889  
Geography
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Canchacanchajasa
Peru
Location Peru, Cusco Region
Parent range Urubamba mountain range

Canchacanchajasa (possibly from Quechua kancha enclosure, enclosed place, yard, a frame, or wall that encloses, q'asa mountain pass, [2] [3] the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, "Cancha Cancha mountain pass") is a 4,987-metre-high (16,362 ft) mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Calca District, north of the Urubamba River. Canchacanchajasa is situated southeast of Sirihuani, north of Cóndorhuachana and Huamanchoque and southwest of Sahuasiray. It lies in the upper part of the Cancha Cancha valley [4] (kancha kancha) at the Lares trek.

Reduplication in linguistics is a morphological process in which the root or stem of a word or even the whole word is repeated exactly or with a slight change.

Urubamba mountain range mountains in Peru

The Urubambamountain range lies in the Cusco Region in Peru. It extends in a northwesterly direction between 13°08' and 13°17'S and 71°58' and 72°16'W for about 30 km.

Andes mountain range running along the tu mamide of South America

The Andes or Andean Mountains are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. This range is about 7,000 km (4,300 mi) long, about 200 to 700 km wide, and of an average height of about 4,000 m (13,000 ft). The Andes extend from north to south through seven South American countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina.

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References

  1. ↑ Mapa de peligros de la ciudad de Calca, Informe final, Proyecto INDECI – PNUD PER / 02/ 051, Ciudades sostenibles (see map of Calca, unnamed)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Calca Province (Cusco Region)


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