Kiswarani (Cusco)

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Kiswarani
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Kiswarani
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 4,600 m (15,100 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 13°8′18″S72°2′29″W / 13.13833°S 72.04139°W / -13.13833; -72.04139 Coordinates: 13°8′18″S72°2′29″W / 13.13833°S 72.04139°W / -13.13833; -72.04139  
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region
Parent range Andes

Kiswarani (Aymara kiswara Buddleja incana , [2] -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with kiswara", hispanicized spelling Quisuarani) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru. Its summit reaches about 4,600 m (15,092 ft) above sea level. The mountain is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Lares District, south of Lares. The village of Kiswarani and the Kiswarani River lie at its feet. [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.

<i>Buddleja incana</i> species of plant

Buddleja incana is a species of shrub or tree in the family Scrophulariaceae. It is native to the Andes.

In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case ending, which indicate the grammatical cased of nouns or adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs.

The private conservation area of 'Hatun Qiwña Kiswarani Qullana' (Hatun Queuña Quishuarani Collana) of the rural community of Kiswarani Qullana (Quishuarani Collana) lies at the mountain. It was founded in 2009. The aim of the project is to protect the polylepis pepei . The small area includes the southern slope of Kiswarani in the north and the lake Qiwñaqucha in the south. [3]

Polylepis pepei is a species of plant in the family Rosaceae. It is found in Bolivia and Peru. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Calca Province (Cusco Region)
  2. ↑ Yatiqirinaka Aru Pirwa, Lima, 2005 (Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Asociación Ecosistemas Andinos – ECOAN, Queuña Nº 2, 1 de Julio de 2019


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