Waqra Willka

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Waqra Willka
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Waqra Willka
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,066 m (16,621 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 12°28′33″S75°24′06″W / 12.47583°S 75.40167°W / -12.47583; -75.40167 Coordinates: 12°28′33″S75°24′06″W / 12.47583°S 75.40167°W / -12.47583; -75.40167  
Geography
Location Peru, Junín Region
Parent range Andes

Waqra Willka (Quechua waqra horn, willka grandchild; great-grandson; lineage; minor god in the Inca culture, an image of the Willkanuta valley worshipped as God; holy, sacred, divine, willka or wilka Anadenanthera colubrina (a tree), [2] [3] [4] Hispanicized spelling Huacravilca) is a 5,066-metre-high (16,621 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Junín Region, Huancayo Province, Chongos Alto District. Waqra Willka lies east of Wira Challwa. A couple of small lakes named Yuraqqucha ("white lake"), Anqasqucha ("blue lake"), Challwaqucha ("fish lake") and Antaqucha ("copper lake") are situated at the feet of the mountain. [1] [5]

<i>Anadenanthera colubrina</i> species of plant

Anadenanthera colubrina is a South American tree closely related to yopo, or Anadenanthera peregrina. It grows to 5–20 m (16–66 ft) tall and the trunk is very thorny. The leaves are mimosa-like, up to 30 cm (12 in) in length and they fold up at night. In Argentina, A. colubrina produces flowers from September to December and bean pods from September to July. In Brazil A. colubrina has been given "high priority" conservation status.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Cerro Huacravilca". IGN, Peru. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ Mariko Namba Walter,Eva Jane Neumann Fridman, Shamanism: An Encyclopedia of World Beliefs, Practices, and Culture, Vol. 1, p. 439 willka or vilca (Anadenanthera peregrina and Anadenanthera colubrina)
  5. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huancavelica Province 1 (Huancavelica Region)


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