Millu (Apurímac)

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Millu
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Millu
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,100 m (16,700 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 14°34′58″S72°31′12″W / 14.58278°S 72.52000°W / -14.58278; -72.52000 Coordinates: 14°34′58″S72°31′12″W / 14.58278°S 72.52000°W / -14.58278; -72.52000  
Geography
Location Peru, Apurímac Region
Parent range Andes, Wansu

Millu (Aymara for a kind of salpeter / light brown, reddish, fair-haired, dark chestnut, [2] [3] Quechua for salty, [4] hispanicized spelling Millo) is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,100 metres (16,732 ft) high. It is situated in the Apurímac Region, Antabamba Province, Oropesa District. Millu lies southwest of Puka Urqu and northwest of Mina Q'asa. [5]

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.

Andes mountain range running along the tu mamide of South America

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References

  1. ↑ Consorcio Minero Horizonte, Resumen Ejecutio del EIAsd, Categoría II, Para Actividades de Exploración Minera, Proyecto: "Millo"
  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. ↑ aymara.ucb.edu.bo Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine .
  4. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  5. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Grau Province (Apurímac Region)


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