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Chachacumani (Canchis)

Coordinates: 14°05′21″S 70°51′10″W / 14.08917°S 70.85278°W / -14.08917; -70.85278
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Chachacumani
Chachacumani is located in Peru
Chachacumani
Chachacumani
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,000 m (16,000 ft)[1]
Coordinates14°05′21″S 70°51′10″W / 14.08917°S 70.85278°W / -14.08917; -70.85278
Geography
LocationPeru, Cusco Region
Parent rangeAndes, Vilcanota

Chachacumani (possibly from Quechua chachakuma a medical plant,[2][3] -ni an Aymara suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with the chachakuma plant) is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, San Pablo District. Chachacumani lies southwest of Jampatune and Pomanota and southeast of Ojecunca. The Pomanota River, an important tributary of the Vilcanota River, flows along its southern slope.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region)
  2. ^ seccion.portalpatrimonio.cl Archived 2013-12-16 at the Wayback Machine Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes, Conociendo la Cultura Aymara: ... Chachakuma: pata uraqinakan alija, sutipax qichwawa, ... (Aymara text saying that Chachakuma is originally a Quechua word)
  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)