Sach'a Hirka

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Sach'a Hirka
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Sach'a Hirka
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 4,600 m (15,100 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 9°50′16″S77°29′39″W / 9.83778°S 77.49417°W / -9.83778; -77.49417 Coordinates: 9°50′16″S77°29′39″W / 9.83778°S 77.49417°W / -9.83778; -77.49417  
Geography
Location Peru, Ancash Region
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Negra

Sach'a Hirka (Quechua sach'a tree, Ancash Quechua hirka mountain, [2] [3] "tree mountain", also spelled Sachajirca) is a mountain in the Cordillera Negra in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately 4,600 m (15,100 ft). It lies in the Ancash Region on the border of the Aija Province, Aija District, and the Recuay Province, Catac District. Sach'a Hirka lies northwest of Yana Kunkush. [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.

Cordillera Negra mountain range in Peru

The Cordillera Negra is part of the Cordillera Occidental, one of three mountain ranges in the Andes of west central Peru. It is almost entirely located within the Ancash Region.

Andes mountain range running along the tu mamide of South America

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References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Aija Province (Ancash Region)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ homepage.ntlworld.com/robert_beer Robert Beér, Armando Muyolemaj, Dr. Hernán S. Aguilarpaj, Vocabulario comparativo, quechua ecuatoriano - quechua ancashino - castellano - English, Brighton 2006



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