Wari Kunka (Peru)

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Wari Kunka
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Wari Kunka
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 4,800 m (15,700 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 16°47′23″S69°55′32″W / 16.78972°S 69.92556°W / -16.78972; -69.92556 Coordinates: 16°47′23″S69°55′32″W / 16.78972°S 69.92556°W / -16.78972; -69.92556  
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region
Parent range Andes

Wari Kunka (Aymara wari vicuña, kunka throat, [2] "vicuña throat", wari kunka a medical plant (Thamnolia vermicularis), [3] Hispanicized spelling Huaricunca) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 metres (15,748 ft) high. It is situated in the Puno Region, El Collao Province, Santa Rosa District. It lies northeast of the lake Lurisquta, northwest of the mountain Janq'u Q'awa. [1]

Aymara language native language in South America

Aymara is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Andes. It is one of only a handful of Native American languages with over one million speakers. Aymara, along with Spanish, is one of the official languages of Bolivia and parts of Peru. It is also spoken, to a much lesser extent, by some communities in northern Chile, where it is a recognized minority language.

Vicuña species of mammal

The vicuña or vicuna is one of the two wild South American camelids which live in the high alpine areas of the Andes, the other being the guanaco. It is a relative of the llama, and is now believed to be the wild ancestor of domesticated alpacas, which are raised for their coats. Vicuñas produce small amounts of extremely fine wool, which is very expensive because the animal can only be shorn every three years, and has to be caught from the wild. When knitted together, the product of the vicuña's wool is very soft and warm. The Inca valued vicuñas highly for their wool, and it was against the law for anyone but royalty to wear vicuña garments; today the vicuña is the national animal of Peru and appears in the Peruvian coat of arms.

<i>Thamnolia</i> genus of fungi

Thamnolia is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Icmadophilaceae. Members of the genus are commonly called whiteworm lichens.

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References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the El Collao Province (Puno Region)
  2. ↑ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ C. Illana-Esteban, Lìquenes Usados en la Medicina Tradicional (Lichens used in traditional medicine), Departamento de Biología Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid


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