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Jach'a Sirka

Coordinates: 16°48′02″S 70°33′25″W / 16.80056°S 70.55694°W / -16.80056; -70.55694
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Jach'a Sirka
The Tixani lava dome complex (center) as seen from above with Jach'a Sirka and Chiñi Lakha southeast of it
Highest point
Elevation5,000 m (16,000 ft)[1]
Coordinates16°48′02″S 70°33′25″W / 16.80056°S 70.55694°W / -16.80056; -70.55694
Geography
Jach'a Sirka is located in Peru
Jach'a Sirka
Jach'a Sirka
Peru
LocationPeru, Moquegua Region
Parent rangeAndes

Jach'a Sirka (Aymara jach'a big, sirka vein of the body or a mine,[2] "big vein", hispanicized spellings Jacha Circa, Jachacirca) is a mountain in the Andes of southern Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is located in the Moquegua Region, Mariscal Nieto Province, Carumas District. Jach'a Sirka lies northeast of Chiñi Lakha and southeast of Tixani.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Mariscal Nieto Province (Moquegua 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)