Janq'u Uma (Peru)

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Janq'u Uma
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Janq'u Uma
Location within Peru
Highest point
Elevation 4,900 m (16,100 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 14°34′08″S69°27′47″W / 14.56889°S 69.46306°W / -14.56889; -69.46306 Coordinates: 14°34′08″S69°27′47″W / 14.56889°S 69.46306°W / -14.56889; -69.46306  
Geography
Location Peru
Parent range Andes, Apolobamba

Janq'u Uma (Aymara janq'u white, uma water, [2] "white water", also spelled Ccancouma, Janjouma) is a mountain in the north of the Apolobamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 4,900 metres (16,076 ft) high. It is located in the Puno Region, Sandia Province, Cuyocuyo District. Janq'u Uma lies northwest of the mountain Wilaquta, northeast of Qurwari and southwest of Utkhuqaqa. Two little streams named Janq'u Uma (Janjouma) and Qullqipirwa (Jolljepirhua) originate west and east of the mountain. They flow to the river Lawa Lawani which runs to the north. [3] It belongs to the watershed of the Inambari River. [3]

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

Apolobamba(Cordillera Apolobamba) is a mountain range in the South American Andes.

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.

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Janqu Saxa mountain in Peru

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Janqu Llaqa mountain in Peru

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Janqu Qawa (Cusco)

Janq'u Q'awa is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 m (15,700 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Espinar Province, on the border of the districts of Condoroma and Ocoruro. Janq'u Q'awa lies southwest of Isankani and Aqhu Phichaqa.

References

  1. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Carabaya 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)
  3. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Sandia Province (Puno Region)


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