K'ayrawiri

K'ayrawiri
K'ayrawiri

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1]
Coordinates 15°24′07″S 71°52′53″W / 15.40194°S 71.88139°W / -15.40194; -71.88139Coordinates: 15°24′07″S 71°52′53″W / 15.40194°S 71.88139°W / -15.40194; -71.88139
Geography
Location Peru, Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province
Parent range Andes, Ch'ila

K'ayrawiri (Aymara and Quechua k'ayra frog,[2][3] hispanicized spelling Cairahuiri) is a mountain in the Ch'ila mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province, Tapay District. K'ayrawiri lies southwest of Minasniyuq, northwest of Suriwiri and Minaspata, northeast of Wayllaqucha and west of Wallatani. It stretches along the K'ayrawiri River whose waters flow to the Mulluq'u River in the west, a right affluent of the Colca River.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Caylloma Province 1 (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. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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