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Mountain in Peru
Shawaq
Shawaq is located in PeruShawaqShawaqPeru
Highest point
Elevation5,100 m (16,700 ft)
Coordinates11°33′47″S 76°09′54″W / 11.56306°S 76.16500°W / -11.56306; -76.16500
Geography
LocationPeru, Junín Region, Yauli Province
Parent rangeAndes

Shawaq (Quechua shawa Sambucus peruviana, -q a suffix, hispanicized spelling Shahuac) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,100 metres (16,732 ft) high. It is located in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, Morococha District, north of a lake named Waqraqucha.

References

  1. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauli Province (Junín Region)
  2. "Diccionario: Quechua - Español - Quechua, Simi Taqe: Qheswa - Español - Qheswa" (PDF). Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua. Gobierno Regional del Cusco, Perú: Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua. 2005.
  3. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.


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