Uqsha Wallqa

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Uqsha Wallqa
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Uqsha Wallqa
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 11°55′03″S76°06′02″W / 11.91750°S 76.10056°W / -11.91750; -76.10056 Coordinates: 11°55′03″S76°06′02″W / 11.91750°S 76.10056°W / -11.91750; -76.10056  
Geography
Location Peru, Lima Region
Parent range Andes, Paryaqaqa

Uqsha Wallqa (Quechua uqsha a high altitude grass, wallqa collar, [2] [3] hispanicized spelling Ocsahualca) is a mountain in the Paryaqaqa mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is situated in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, on the border of the districts of San Mateo and Quinti. It lies northwest of Paqcha and Wararayuq and southeast of Wamanripa. [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. ↑ Vocabulario-Comparativo-Quechua-Ecuator-Quechua-Ancash See Spanish: Paja - Ancash Quechua paha, uqsha
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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