Huanca (mountain)

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Huanca
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Huanca
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,200 m (17,100 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 15°17′15″S72°11′35″W / 15.28750°S 72.19306°W / -15.28750; -72.19306 Coordinates: 15°17′15″S72°11′35″W / 15.28750°S 72.19306°W / -15.28750; -72.19306  
Geography
Location Peru, Arequipa Region
Parent range Andes, Chila

Huanca (possibly from Aymara for a very big stone, [2] or from Quechua for rock) [3] [4] is a 5,200-metre-high (17,060 ft) mountain in the Chila mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Arequipa Region, Castilla Province, Chachas District. Huanca lies southwest of Huayllatarpuna and Condorcacha and northeast of Chinchón and Aceruta. [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.

Chila mountain range mountains in Peru

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References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Caylloma Province 1 (Arequipa 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)
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ Note: Place names of both languages occur in the Chachas District.


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