Yurac Apacheta (Arequipa)

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Yurac Apacheta
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Yurac Apacheta
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 4,200 m (13,800 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 15°59′20″S71°43′29″W / 15.98889°S 71.72472°W / -15.98889; -71.72472 Coordinates: 15°59′20″S71°43′29″W / 15.98889°S 71.72472°W / -15.98889; -71.72472  
Geography
Location Peru, Arequipa Region, Arequipa Province, Caylloma Province
Parent range Andes

Yurac Apacheta (possibly from Quechua yuraq white, Aymara apachita the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name for a stone cairn in the Andes, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains) [2] [3] is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,200 metres (13,780 ft) high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Arequipa Province, Yura District, and in the Caylloma Province, Huanca District. [1]

Aymara language native language in South America

Aymara is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Andes. It is one of only a handful of Native American languages with over one million speakers. Aymara, along with Spanish, is one of the official languages of Bolivia and parts of Peru. It is also spoken, to a much lesser extent, by some communities in northern Chile, where it is a recognized minority language.

Andes mountain range running along the tu mamide of South America

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Peru republic in South America

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References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Caylloma Province 2 (Arequipa Region)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)


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