Winsu

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Winsu
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Winsu
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 12°12′34″S75°51′17″W / 12.20944°S 75.85472°W / -12.20944; -75.85472 Coordinates: 12°12′34″S75°51′17″W / 12.20944°S 75.85472°W / -12.20944; -75.85472  
Geography
Location Peru, Lima Region
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Central

Winsu (Quechua for firstborn child, [2] also spelled Huinso) is mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately 5,000 metres (16,404 ft). It is located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, on the border of the districts of Miraflores and Vitis. [1]

Cordillera Central (Peru) part of the Andes in Peru

The Cordillera Central is part of the Andes in Peru. It extends in a northerly direction approximately between 11º 39’ and 12º 37’S and 75º 30’ and 76º 20’W for about 60 km to 100 km. It contains the Paryaqaqa (P), Yauyos (Y) and Pichqa Waqra (PW) mountain ranges. It is located in the Junín Region and in the Lima Region.

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 - Map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region)
  2. ↑ Gerald Taylor, Textes quechua de Laraos (Yauyos), Journal de la Société des Américanistes, Year 1990, Volume 76 Issue 1 p. 128-129


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