Uqi Apachita
| Uqi Apachita | |
|---|---|
  Uqi Apachita Peru | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,800 m (15,700 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 14°29′58″S 70°07′41″W / 14.49944°S 70.12806°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Peru, Puno Region, Azángaro Province |
| Parent range | Andes |
Uqi Apachita (Aymara uqi brown, grey brown, Quechua uqi lead-colored, lead, Aymara apachita the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name in the Andes for a stone cairn, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains,[2][3] Hispanicized spelling Uqui Apacheta) is a mountain in the Peruvian Andes, about 4,800 metres (15,748 ft) high. It is located in the Puno Region, Azángaro Province, on the border of the districts Muñani and San Antón. Uqi Apachita lies northeast of the mountain Yuraq Apachita and southeast of Ichhu Muruq'u and Ch'iyar Jaqhi.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Azángaro Province (Puno Region)
- ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
- ^ 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)
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