Yuraq Apachita (Lampa)

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Yuraq Apachita
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Yuraq Apachita
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 4,423.9 m (14,514 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 15°4′4″S70°27′47″W / 15.06778°S 70.46306°W / -15.06778; -70.46306 Coordinates: 15°4′4″S70°27′47″W / 15.06778°S 70.46306°W / -15.06778; -70.46306  
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region, Lampa Province
Parent range Andes

Yuraq Apachita (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] Hispanicized spelling Yuracapacheta) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,423.9 metres (14,514 ft) high. It is situated in the Puno Region, Lampa Province, Pucará District, southwest of Pucará. [4]

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 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. The Andes also have the 2nd most elevated highest peak of any mountain range, only behind the Himalayas. The range is 7,000 km (4,300 mi) long, 200 to 700 km wide, and has 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. ↑ "South America Maps". Joint Operations Graphic. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  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)
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Lampa Province (Puno Region)


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