Wiqu (Lima)

Wiqu
Wiqu
	Wiqu Peru
Highest point
Elevation	5,200 m (17,100 ft) [1]
Coordinates	12°01′07″S75°59′53″W / 12.01861°S 75.99806°W Coordinates: 12°01′07″S75°59′53″W / 12.01861°S 75.99806°W
Geography
Location	Peru, Lima Region
Parent range	Andes

Last updated May 05, 2019

Wiqu (Quechua twisted, bent, crooked,^[2] also spelled Hueco) is a mountain in the Paryaqaqa or Waruchiri mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,200 m (17,060 ft) high. It is located in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, Quinti District, and in the Yauyos Province, Tanta District. Wiqu lies southwest of Paryaqaqa and northeast of Parya Chaka.^[1]

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, 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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Uqsha Wallqa is a mountain in the Paryaqaqa mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is situated in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, on the border of the districts of San Mateo and Quinti. It lies northwest of Paqcha and Wararayuq and southeast of Wamanripa.

Qayqu is a mountain in the Paryaqaqa mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,100 metres (16,732 ft) high. It is situated in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, Quinti District. It lies southwest of Qullqi P'ukru.

Kunkus Yantaq is a 5,354-metre-high (17,566 ft) mountain in the Paryaqaqa mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, San Mateo District. Kunkus Yantaq lies southeast of Qullqayuq.

References

1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huarochirí Province (Lima Region)
↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) (5-vowel-system)

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[escale-1] 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huarochirí Province (Lima Region)

[2] Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) (5-vowel-system)

Wiqu
Wiqu Peru
Highest point
Elevation	5,200 m (17,100 ft) ^[1]
Coordinates	12°01′07″S75°59′53″W / 12.01861°S 75.99806°W / -12.01861; -75.99806 Coordinates: 12°01′07″S75°59′53″W / 12.01861°S 75.99806°W / -12.01861; -75.99806
Geography
Location	Peru, Lima Region
Parent range	Andes