Yanqha
| Yanqha | |
|---|---|
  Yanqha Peru | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,200 m (17,100 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 15°40′46″S 72°22′24″W / 15.67944°S 72.37333°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Peru, Arequipa Region, Castilla Province |
| Parent range | Andes |
Yanqha (Aymara for bad, Quechua yanqha, yanqa, useless, trivial, unimportant,[2][3] Hispanicized spelling Yancca) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Castilla Province, on the border of the districts Ayo and Uñón. Yanqha lies south of the mountains Yanawara and Yana Urqu (Quechua for "black mountain", Hispanicized Yana Orcco) and north of the mountain Qullpa.[1][4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Castilla Province 2 (Arequipa Region)
- ^ 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)
- ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
- ^ "South America Maps". Joint Operations Graphic. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
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