Millwa Qaqa

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Millwa Qaqa
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Millwa Qaqa
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 4,600 m (15,100 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 9°51′12″S76°58′55″W / 9.85333°S 76.98194°W / -9.85333; -76.98194 Coordinates: 9°51′12″S76°58′55″W / 9.85333°S 76.98194°W / -9.85333; -76.98194  
Geography
Location Peru, Ancash Region
Parent range Andes

Millwa Qaqa (Ancash Quechua millma, millwa wool, qaqa rock, [2] [3] "wool rock", also spelled Millhuagaga) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately 4,600 m (15,100 ft). It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, Huallanca District. [1]

Ancash Quechua, or Huaylay, is a Quechua variety, spoken in the department of Ancash by approximately 1,000,000 people. Like Wanka Quechua, it belongs to Quechua I.

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.

Peru republic in South America

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains vertically extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon river.

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References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Bolognesi Province (Ancash Region)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Diccionario Bilingüe Quechua Castellano, Cusco - Collao y Ayacucho Chanka


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