Chankuwaña

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Chankuwaña
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Chankuwaña
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,331 m (17,490 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 14°37′23″S72°28′09″W / 14.62306°S 72.46917°W / -14.62306; -72.46917 Coordinates: 14°37′23″S72°28′09″W / 14.62306°S 72.46917°W / -14.62306; -72.46917  
Geography
Location Peru, Apurímac Region, Cusco Region
Parent range Andes, Wansu
Climbing
First ascent 1970 [2]

Chankuwaña (Aymara for throw something so that people can scramble or fight for it, [3] hispanicized spelling Chancoaña, Chancohuana, Chancohuaña, Chancohuañachico, Chancohuana Chico) is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,331 metres (17,490 ft) high. It is situated in the Apurímac Region, Antabamba Province, Oropesa District, and in the Cusco Region, Chumbivilcas Province, Santo Tomás District, north of the mountain Waytani and southeast of the mountain Wayunka. [4]

Aymara language native language in South America

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.

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.

Peru republic in South America

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.

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References

  1. ↑ Apurímac: Compendio Estadístico 2009-2010: Principales elevaciónes con indicación de su tipo, ubicación, geografía y política, p. 28
  2. ↑ Taken from Mountaineering in the Andes by Jill Neate Peru RGS
  3. ↑ Ludovico Bertonio, Aymara-Spanish dictionary (transcription)
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Chumbivilcas Province (Cusco Region)


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