Catautira

Catautira
Catautira
	Catautira Peru
Highest point
Elevation	5,200 m (17,100 ft) [1]
Coordinates	14°05′51″S70°38′56″W / 14.09750°S 70.64889°W Coordinates: 14°05′51″S70°38′56″W / 14.09750°S 70.64889°W
Geography
Location	Peru, Puno Region, Carabaya Province
Parent range	Andes, Vilcanota

Last updated March 18, 2019

Catautira (possibly from Aymara q'atawi lime, tira cradle,^[2] "lime cradle") is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. It is situated in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Macusani District. Catautira lies northeast of Sumpiruni. This is where the Ninahuisa River originates. It flows along the southern slopes of Catautira before it turns to the northeast.^[1]

Aymara is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Andes. It is one of only a handful of Native American languages with over one million speakers. Aymara, along with Spanish, is one of the official languages of Bolivia and parts of Peru. It is also spoken, to a much lesser extent, by some communities in northern Chile, where it is a recognized minority language.

Lime is a calcium-containing inorganic mineral composed primarily of oxides, and hydroxide, usually calcium oxide and/ or calcium hydroxide. It is also the name for calcium oxide which occurs as a product of coal seam fires and in altered limestone xenoliths in volcanic ejecta. The word lime originates with its earliest use as building mortar and has the sense of sticking or adhering.

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 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region)
↑ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)

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[escale-1] 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region)

[2] Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)

Catautira
Catautira Peru
Highest point
Elevation	5,200 m (17,100 ft) ^[1]
Coordinates	14°05′51″S70°38′56″W / 14.09750°S 70.64889°W / -14.09750; -70.64889 Coordinates: 14°05′51″S70°38′56″W / 14.09750°S 70.64889°W / -14.09750; -70.64889
Geography
Location	Peru, Puno Region, Carabaya Province
Parent range	Andes, Vilcanota