Huch'uy Puka Q'asa

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Huch'uy Puka Q'asa
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Huch'uy Puka Q'asa
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Highest point
Elevation 4,400 m (14,400 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 13°33′18″S74°29′19″W / 13.55500°S 74.48861°W / -13.55500; -74.48861 Coordinates: 13°33′18″S74°29′19″W / 13.55500°S 74.48861°W / -13.55500; -74.48861  
Geography
Location Peru, Ayacucho Region, Cangallo Province
Parent range Andes

“‘Huch'uy Puka Q'asa’” (Quechua “huch'uy” little, “puka” red, “q'asa” mountain pass, [2] [3] meaning “little red pass”, also spelled “Uchuy Pucaccasa”) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,400 metres (14,436 ft) high. It is situated in the Ayacucho Region, Cangallo Province, Totos District, northeast of Totos. Huch'uy Puka Q'asa lies south of Chawpi Urqu. The lake north of it is named Llulluchaqucha (Llullucha Ccocha). [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 Cangallo Province (Ayacucho Region)
  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)


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