Yana Urqu (Hapu Punta)

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Yana Urqu
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Yana Urqu
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 4,800 m (15,700 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 13°43′14″S70°58′48″W / 13.72056°S 70.98000°W / -13.72056; -70.98000 Coordinates: 13°43′14″S70°58′48″W / 13.72056°S 70.98000°W / -13.72056; -70.98000  
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province
Parent range Andes, Willkanuta

Yana Urqu (Quechua yana black, urqu mountain, [2] "black mountain", Hispanicized spelling Yanaorjo) is a mountain in the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 metres (15,748 ft) high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province, Marcapata District. Yana Urqu lies northwest of the mountain Q'illu Wallayuq and northeast of Hapu Punta between the Suralla valley in the west and the Puka Puka valley in the east. [1]

Andes mountain range running along the tu mamide of 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 Quispicanchi Province 2 (Cusco Region)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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