Sukullu

Sukullu
Sukullu
	The western extensions of the Chunta mountain range as seen from Sukullu (looking to the south)
Highest point
Elevation	5,095 m (16,716 ft) [1]
Coordinates	12°59′10″S75°21′41″W / 12.98611°S 75.36139°W Coordinates: 12°59′10″S75°21′41″W / 12.98611°S 75.36139°W
Geography
	Sukullu Peru
Location	Peru, Huancavelica Region
Parent range	Andes, Chunta

Last updated February 25, 2019

Sukullu (Aymara for a baby boy for whom a certain traditional rite was celebrated in the main square together with the other children who were born in the same year,^[2] Hispanicized spelling Sucullo) is a 5,095-metre-high (16,716 ft) mountain in the Chunta mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Huancavelica Region, Castrovirreyna Province, on the border of the districts of Aurahuá and Castrovirreyna.^[1]^[3]

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.

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.

Huancavelica is a region in Peru with an area of 22,131.47 km² (8,545.01 sq mi) and a population of 454,797. The capital is the city Huancavelica. The region is bordered by Lima Region and Ica in the west, Junín in the north, and Ayacucho in the east.

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References

1 2 "Cerro Ichurutuna". IGN, Peru. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Castrovirreyna Province (Huancavelica Region)

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[ign-1] 1 2 "Cerro Ichurutuna". IGN, Peru. Retrieved February 9, 2015.

[2] Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)

[escale-3] scale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Castrovirreyna Province (Huancavelica Region)