Ch'aqra Punta

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Ch'aqra Punta
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Ch'aqra Punta
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 13°03′42″S75°01′59″W / 13.06167°S 75.03306°W / -13.06167; -75.03306 Coordinates: 13°03′42″S75°01′59″W / 13.06167°S 75.03306°W / -13.06167; -75.03306  
Geography
Location Peru, Huancavelica Region
Parent range Andes, Chunta

Ch'aqra Punta (Quechua ch'aqra ford, punta peak; ridge; first, before, in front of, [2] [3] [4] also spelled Chajrapunta) or Chakra Punta (Quechua chakra field) [2] is a mountain in the Chunta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is situated in the Huancavelica Region, Castrovirreyna Province, Santa Ana District, and in the Huancavelica Province, Huacocolpa District. Ch'aqra Punta lies southwest of K'allapayuq and northeast of Wayra Q'asa. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Castrovirreyna Province (Huancavelica Region)
  2. 1 2 Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ David Weber, A Grammar of Huallaga (Huánuco) Quechua, University of California Press, p. 185
  4. ↑ Vocabulario-Comparativo-Quechua-Ecuator-Quechua-Ancash


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