Chuta Kunka

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Chuta Kunka
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Chuta Kunka
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 16°40′30″S69°57′31″W / 16.67500°S 69.95861°W / -16.67500; -69.95861 Coordinates: 16°40′30″S69°57′31″W / 16.67500°S 69.95861°W / -16.67500; -69.95861  
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region
Parent range Andes

Chuta Kunka (Aymara chuta end of a terrain, border, kunka throat, [2] "border's throat", hispanicized spelling Chutacunca) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is located in the Puno Region, El Collao Province, Santa Rosa District, southeast of Sukata Laq'a and Chuqi Quta. [1]

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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Chuqi Quta mountain in Peru

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Chuqu Chuquni mountain in Peru

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Sukata Laqa mountain in Peru

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Kimsa Chuta mountain in Peru

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References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the El Collao 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) see: chuta, saywa and kunka


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