Allqa Q'awa

Allqa Q'awa
Allqa Q'awa

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 4,800 m (15,700 ft) [1]
Coordinates 15°01′51″S 72°23′22″W / 15.03083°S 72.38944°W / -15.03083; -72.38944Coordinates: 15°01′51″S 72°23′22″W / 15.03083°S 72.38944°W / -15.03083; -72.38944
Geography
Location Peru, Arequipa Region
Parent range Andes, Wansu

Allqa Q'awa (Aymara allqa multicolored, q'awa little river, ditch, crevice, fissure, gap in the earth,[2][3] "multicolored brook (or ravine)", hispanicized spelling Aljajahua) is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 metres (15,748 ft) high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Condesuyos Province, Cayarani District. Allqa Q'awa lies between the Puma Ranra valley in the east and the Waña Q'awa valley ("dry brook", Huañajahua) in the west.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the La Unión Province (Arequipa 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)
  3. ↑ "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, Para: Tercera Edición". Félix Layme Pairumani. Retrieved August 6, 2015.


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