Llimphiq

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Llimphiq
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Llimphiq
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1]
Coordinates 14°56′32″S72°30′48″W / 14.94222°S 72.51333°W / -14.94222; -72.51333 Coordinates: 14°56′32″S72°30′48″W / 14.94222°S 72.51333°W / -14.94222; -72.51333
Geography
Location Peru, Arequipa Region, La Unión Province
Parent range Andes, Wansu

Llimphiq (Quechua llimphi, llimp'i a painting / the color for painting, -q a suffix [2] "painted" or "painter", Hispanicized spelling Llempic) is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is located in the Arequipa Region, La Unión Province, Puyca District. It lies southwest of the lakes named Ikmaqucha and Huch'uyqucha (Quechua for "small lake", Uchuycocha).

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Andes mountain range running along the tu mamide of South America

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References

  1. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the La Unión Province (Arequipa Region)
  2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)