T'uruyuq

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T'uruyuq
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T'uruyuq
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,400 m (17,700 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 12°25′14″S75°39′58″W / 12.42056°S 75.66611°W / -12.42056; -75.66611 Coordinates: 12°25′14″S75°39′58″W / 12.42056°S 75.66611°W / -12.42056; -75.66611  
Geography
Location Peru, Lima Region
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Central

T'uruyuq (Quechua t'uru mud, -yuq a suffix, [2] "the one with mud", Hispanicized spelling Toroyoc) is a mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru which reaches an altitude of approximately 5,400 m (17,700 ft). It is located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, in the districts of Huantan and Laraos. T'uruyuq lies southwest of Lanranyuq and northeast of Wamp'una. [1]

In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns or adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs.

Cordillera Central (Peru) part of the Andes in Peru

The Cordillera Central is part of the Andes in Peru. It extends in a northerly direction approximately between 11º 39’ and 12º 37’S and 75º 30’ and 76º 20’W for about 60 km to 100 km. It contains the Paryaqaqa (P), Yauyos (Y) and Pichqa Waqra (PW) mountain ranges. It is located in the Junín Region and in the Lima Region.

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.

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References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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