Condorhuachana (Cusco)

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Condorhuachana
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Condorhuachana
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,073 m (16,644 ft) [1]
Coordinates 13°13′28″S71°58′27″W / 13.22444°S 71.97417°W / -13.22444; -71.97417 Coordinates: 13°13′28″S71°58′27″W / 13.22444°S 71.97417°W / -13.22444; -71.97417
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region
Parent range Urubamba mountain range

Condorhuachana (possibly from Quechua kuntur condor, wacha birth, to give birth, -na a suffix, [2] [3] 'where the condor is born') is a 5,073-metre-high (16,644 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 Vilcanota River. Condorhuachana is situated northeast of Huamanchoque, southeast of Sirihuani and Sahuasiray, and southwest of Ccerayoc. [4]

Condor name for two species of vultures

Condor is the common name for two species of New World vultures, each in a monotypic genus. The name derives from the Quechua kuntur. They are the largest flying land birds in the Western Hemisphere.

In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case ending, which indicate the grammatical cased of nouns or adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs.

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.

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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)
  2. Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Calca Province (Cusco Region)