Wawa Chaki

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Wawa Chaki
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Wawa Chaki
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 16°54′29″S70°33′39″W / 16.90806°S 70.56083°W / -16.90806; -70.56083 Coordinates: 16°54′29″S70°33′39″W / 16.90806°S 70.56083°W / -16.90806; -70.56083  
Geography
Location Peru, Moquegua Region
Parent range Andes

Wawa Chaki (Quechua wawa child, baby, chaki foot, [2] "child foot", hispanicized spelling Huahuachaqui, [3] also Negra Huahuachaqui, Negro Huahuachaqui) is a mountain in the Andes of southern Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is situated in the Moquegua Region, Mariscal Nieto Province, Carumas District. Wawa Chaki lies southwest of the mountains Uma Jalsu and Millu. [1]

Andes Mountain range in 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 Mariscal Nieto Province (Moquegua Region)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Municipalidad Provincia de Mariscal Nieto, Ley Organica 27972 del 26-05-2003


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