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Yuraq Apachita (La Unión)

Coordinates: 14°56′00″S 72°48′49″W / 14.93333°S 72.81361°W / -14.93333; -72.81361
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Yuraq Apachita
Yuraq Apachita is located in Peru
Yuraq Apachita
Yuraq Apachita
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,000 m (16,000 ft)[1]
Coordinates14°56′00″S 72°48′49″W / 14.93333°S 72.81361°W / -14.93333; -72.81361
Geography
LocationPeru, Arequipa Region
Parent rangeAndes, Wansu

Yuraq Apachita (Quechua yuraq white, Aymara apachita the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name for a stone cairn in the Andes, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains,[2][3] Hispanicized spelling Yuraj Apacheta) is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, La Unión Province, Huaynacotas District. Yuraq Apachita lies southeast of Puka Willka.[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. ^ 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)