Minapata

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Minapata
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Minapata
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,400 m (17,700 ft) [1]
Coordinates 9°57′06″S77°13′35″W / 9.95167°S 77.22639°W / -9.95167; -77.22639 Coordinates: 9°57′06″S77°13′35″W / 9.95167°S 77.22639°W / -9.95167; -77.22639
Geography
Location Peru, Ancash Region
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Blanca

Minapata (Spanish mina mine, Quechua pata elevated place; above, at the top; edge, bank (of a river), shore) [2] [3] is a mountain in the southern part of the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 5,400 m (17,700 ft) high . It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, Aquia District, and in the Recuay Province, Catac District. Minapata lies south of Challwa and northeast of Qiwllarahu. [1]

Spanish language Romance language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance language that originated in the Castile region of Spain and today has hundreds of millions of native speakers in the Americas and Spain. It is a global language and the world's second-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese.

Mining The extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth

Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually from an ore body, lode, vein, seam, reef or placer deposit. These deposits form a mineralized package that is of economic interest to the miner.

Cordillera Blanca mountain range

The Cordillera Blanca is a mountain range in Peru that is part of the larger Andes range and extends for 200 kilometres (124 mi) between 8°08' and 9°58'S and 77°00' and 77°52'W, in a northwesterly direction. It includes several peaks over 6,000 metres (19,690 ft) high and 722 individual glaciers. The highest mountain in Peru, Huascarán, at 6,768 metres (22,205 ft) high, is located there.

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References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Recuay Province (Ancash Region)
  2. Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)