Kinwa Ukru

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Kinwa Ukru
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Kinwa Ukru
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,006 m (16,424 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 10°46′03″S76°42′17″W / 10.76750°S 76.70472°W / -10.76750; -76.70472 Coordinates: 10°46′03″S76°42′17″W / 10.76750°S 76.70472°W / -10.76750; -76.70472  
Geography
Location Peru, Lima Region
Parent range Andes

Kinwa Ukru (Quechua kinwa Chenopodium quinoa, ukru hole, pit, hollow, [2] [3] "quinoa hole", Hispanicized spelling Quenhuaucro) is a 5,006-metre-high (16,424 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Lima Region, Oyón Province, Oyón District. Kinwa Ukru lies west of a mountain named Aququcha. [4]

Quinoa species of plant, quinua

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Andes mountain range running along the tu mamide of South America

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Peru republic in South America

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References

  1. ↑ Peru 1:100,000, Oyón 1549, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Ana Arias Torre, Toponimia de Ticapampa, in: Letras, Departamento Académico de Humanidades, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Facultad de Letras, Facultad de Letras y Ciencias Humanas, p. 191
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Oyón Province (Lima Region)
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