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Anca Pahuas

Coordinates: 15°00′24″S 72°27′33″W / 15.00667°S 72.45917°W / -15.00667; -72.45917
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Anca Pahuas
Anca Pahuas is located in Peru
Anca Pahuas
Anca Pahuas
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,000 m (16,000 ft)[1]
Coordinates15°00′24″S 72°27′33″W / 15.00667°S 72.45917°W / -15.00667; -72.45917
Geography
LocationPeru, Arequipa Region, Condesuyos Province, La Unión Province
Parent rangeAndes, Huanzo

Anca Pahuas (possibly from Quechua anka eagle or black-chested buzzard-eagle, phaway, phawa flight,[2][3] "eagle flight") is a mountain in the Huanzo mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,000 ft) high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Condesuyos Province, Cayarani District, and in the La Unión Province, Puyca District. Anca Pahuas lies between Quelcata in the northeast and Condori in the southwest.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the La Unión Province (Arequipa Region)
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)