Rupha Wayi

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Rupha Wayi
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Rupha Wayi
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 4,400 m (14,400 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 9°47′24″S76°58′43″W / 9.79000°S 76.97861°W / -9.79000; -76.97861 Coordinates: 9°47′24″S76°58′43″W / 9.79000°S 76.97861°W / -9.79000; -76.97861  
Geography
Location Peru, Ancash Region
Parent range Andes

Rupha Wayi (Quechua rupha burning, Ancash Quechua wayi house, [2] [3] "burning house", also spelled Rupahuay) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately 4,400 m (14,436 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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Puka Qaqa (Bolognesi) mountain in the Bolognesi Province, Ancash Region, Peru

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Kuntur Wayi or Kuntur Wayin may refer to:

Puma Wayin may refer to:

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Waman Wayi mountain in Peru

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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. ↑ Leonel Alexander Menacho López, Yachakuqkunapa Shimi Qullqa, Anqash Qhichwa Shimichaw (Ministerio de Educación), Wordbook Ancash Quechua-Spanish


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