Titankayuq

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Titankayuq
Location Peru, Ayacucho Region
Coordinates 13°33′23″S73°58′56″W / 13.55639°S 73.98222°W / -13.55639; -73.98222 Coordinates: 13°33′23″S73°58′56″W / 13.55639°S 73.98222°W / -13.55639; -73.98222
Established December 23, 2010
Titanka (Puya raimondii) flowering in Ayacucho, Peru Puya raimondii habito.jpg
Titanka (Puya raimondii) flowering in Ayacucho, Peru

Titankayuq (Quechua titanka Puya raimondii, [1] -yuq a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with titanka", other spellings Titancayoc, Titancayocc, Titankayoc, Titankayocc, Tutanccayoc) is one of the most important habitats in Peru for the Puya raimondii. The woods of Puya raimondii are located in the Ayacucho Region, Vilcas Huamán Province, Vischongo District, at elevations between 3,250 metres (10,663 ft) and 4,250 metres (13,944 ft). [2] [3]

<i>Puya raimondii</i> species of plant

Puya raimondii, also known as queen of the Andes (English), titanka (Quechua) or puya de Raimondi (Spanish), is the largest species of bromeliad, reaching up to 15 meters in height. It is native to the high Andes of Bolivia and Peru.

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

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.

Titankayuq was declared an Area of Regional Conservation by Supreme Decrete of December 23, 2010. [2]


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References

  1. ↑ Leoncio Gutiérrez Camacho et al., Apurimaqpaq Runasimi Taqe, Diccionario de Quechua Apurimeño (Quechua-Spanish dictionary for Apurímac), 2007
  2. 1 2 mincetur.gob.pe "Bosque de Puyas de Raymondi (Titankayoc or Tikanayoc)", retrieved on February 1, 2014
  3. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Vilcas Huamán Province (Ayacucho Region), see: Tutanccayoc
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