Huejo (Puno)

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Huejo
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Huejo
Location within Peru
Highest point
Elevation 4,900 m (16,100 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 14°37′12″S69°17′32″W / 14.62000°S 69.29222°W / -14.62000; -69.29222 Coordinates: 14°37′12″S69°17′32″W / 14.62000°S 69.29222°W / -14.62000; -69.29222  
Geography
Location Peru
Parent range Andes, Apolobamba

Huejo or Huecco (possibly from Aymara for a corner in a house, a mountain cove) [2] is a mountain in the Apolobamba mountain range in Peru, about 4,900 metres (16,076 ft) high. It is situated in the Puno Region, Putina Province, Sina District. Huejo lies north of the mountain Riti Urmasca. [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.

Cordillera Apolobamba mountain range

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References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Putina Province (Puno 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)


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