Hatun Hirka (Huacaybamba)

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Hatun Hirka
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Hatun Hirka
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 4,200 m (13,800 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 9°05′07″S76°51′19″W / 9.08528°S 76.85528°W / -9.08528; -76.85528 Coordinates: 9°05′07″S76°51′19″W / 9.08528°S 76.85528°W / -9.08528; -76.85528  
Geography
Location Huánuco Region
Parent range Andes

Hatun Hirka (Quechua hatun big, hirka mountain, [2] [3] "big mountain", also spelled Jatun Jirca) is a 4,200-metre-high (13,800 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Huánuco Region, Huacaybamba Province, Cochabamba District. [1]

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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Hatun Hirka may refer to:

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huacaybamba Province (Huánuco Region)
  2. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ "Vocabulario comparativo, quechua ecuatoriano - quechua ancashino - castellano - English, Brighton 2006" (PDF). Robert Beér, Armando Muyolemaj, Dr. Hernán S. Aguilarpaj. Retrieved June 9, 2016.


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