Ukrupata

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Ukrupata
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Ukrupata
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,300 m (17,400 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 11°37′09″S76°18′28″W / 11.61917°S 76.30778°W / -11.61917; -76.30778 Coordinates: 11°37′09″S76°18′28″W / 11.61917°S 76.30778°W / -11.61917; -76.30778  
Geography
Location Peru, Lima Region
Parent range Andes

Ukrupata (Quechua ukru hole, pit, hollow, pata elevated place; above, at the top; edge, bank (of a river), shore, [2] [3] [4] hispanicized spelling Urcupata) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,300 m (17,388 ft) high. It is situated in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, on the border of the districts of Chicla and Carampoma. Ukrupata lies northwest of Millpu and east of Wamp'ar and the two lakes named Wamp'arqucha and Wachwaqucha. [1]

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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References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huarochirí Province (Lima Region)
  2. ↑ Ana Arias Torre, Toponimia de Ticapampa, in: Letras, Departamento Académico de Humanidades, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Facultad de Letras, Facultad de Letras y Ciencias Humanas, p. 191
  3. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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