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Janq'u Q'awa (Cusco)

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Mountain in Peru This article is about the mountain in the Cusco Region, Peru. For other uses, see Janq'u Q'awa.
Janq'u Q'awa
Janq'u Q'awa is located in PeruJanq'u Q'awaJanq'u Q'awaPeru
Highest point
Elevation4,800 m (15,700 ft)
Coordinates15°13′35″S 71°08′01″W / 15.22639°S 71.13361°W / -15.22639; -71.13361
Geography
LocationPeru, Cusco Region
Parent rangeAndes

Janq'u Q'awa (Aymara janq'u white, q'awa little river, ditch, crevice, fissure, gap in the earth, "white brook" or "white ravine", Hispanicized spelling Ancocahua) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 m (15,700 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Espinar Province, on the border of the districts of Condoroma and Ocoruro. Janq'u Q'awa lies southwest of Isankani and Aqhu Phichaqa.

References

  1. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Espinar Province (Cusco Region)
  2. 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)
  3. "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, Para: Tercera Edición". Félix Layme Pairumani. Archived from the original on September 2, 2013. Retrieved November 3, 2015.


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