Waylla Hirka (Cajatambo)

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Waylla Hirka
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Waylla Hirka
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 4,800 m (15,700 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 10°27′18″S76°51′57″W / 10.45500°S 76.86583°W / -10.45500; -76.86583 Coordinates: 10°27′18″S76°51′57″W / 10.45500°S 76.86583°W / -10.45500; -76.86583  
Geography
Location Peru, Lima Region, Cajatambo Province
Parent range Andes

Waylla Hirka (Quechua waylla meadow, Ancash Quechua hirka mountain, [2] [3] "meadow mountain", hispanicized spelling Huayllajirca) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 metres (15,748 ft) high. It is located in the Lima Region, Cajatambo Province, Cajatambo District. Waylla Hirka lies at the Pumarinri valley south of the Waywash mountain range, southwest of Pukaqaqa and north of Millpu. The lakes Quyllurqucha, Warmiqucha (Quechua for "woman lake", Huarmicocha) and Challwaqucha ("fish lake", Challhuacocha) lie northeast of Waylla Hirka. [1]

Ancash Quechua, or Huaylay, is a Quechua variety, spoken in the department of Ancash by approximately 1,000,000 people. Like Wanka Quechua, it belongs to Quechua I.

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References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Cajatambo Province (Lima Region)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ homepage.ntlworld.com/robert_beer Robert Beér, Armando Muyolemaj, Dr. Hernán S. Aguilarpaj, Vocabulario comparativo, quechua ecuatoriano - quechua ancashino - castellano - English, Brighton 2006
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