Hirka Kancha

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Hirka Kancha
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Hirka Kancha
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 10°30′03″S76°48′25″W / 10.50083°S 76.80694°W / -10.50083; -76.80694 Coordinates: 10°30′03″S76°48′25″W / 10.50083°S 76.80694°W / -10.50083; -76.80694  
Geography
Location Peru, Lima Region, Cajatambo Province, Oyón Province
Parent range Andes

Hirka Kancha (Quechua hirka mountain, kancha corral, [2] [3] hispanicized spelling Jircacancha) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 m (16,000 ft) high. It is located in the Lima Region, Oyón Province, Oyón 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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References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Cajatambo Province (Lima Region)
  2. ↑ homepage.ntlworld.com/robert_beer Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Robert Beér, Armando Muyolemaj, Dr. Hernán S. Aguilarpaj, Vocabulario comparativo, quechua ecuatoriano - quechua ancashino - castellano - English, Brighton 2006
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
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