Jañuma Pirwa

Jañuma Pirwa
Jañuma Pirwa

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,125 m (16,814 ft) [1]
Coordinates 15°03′11″S 71°25′15″W / 15.05306°S 71.42083°W / -15.05306; -71.42083Coordinates: 15°03′11″S 71°25′15″W / 15.05306°S 71.42083°W / -15.05306; -71.42083
Geography
Location Peru, Arequipa Region
Parent range Andes

Jañuma Pirwa (Aymara jañu mosquito, uma water, pirwa, piwra granary,[2][3][4] Hispanicized spelling Jañuma Pirhua) is a 5,125-metre-high (16,814 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province, Tisco District. It lies southwest of Chuqi Pirwa and southeast of Pirwa.[5]

The Pirwamayu (Quechua for "granary river") originates north of the mountain. It flows to the south as a right affluent of the Qullqa River.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Peru 1:100,000, Condoroma 2640, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  2. ↑ "Diccionario Bilingüe Castellano-Aymara 2002". Félix Laime Pairumani. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  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)
  4. ↑ Ministerio de Educación, Dirección National de Educación Bilingue Intercultural, Yatiqirinaka Aru Pirwa, Lima, 2005 (Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  5. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Espinar Province (Cusco Region)


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