Qallwa
For the mountain in the Andagua District, Castilla Province, Arequipa Region, Peru, see Qallwa (Andagua).
| Qallwa | |
|---|---|
 Qallwa (on the right) as seen from Andagua | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,145 m (16,880 ft) [1] |
| Coordinates | 15°31′07″S 72°11′32″W / 15.51861°S 72.19222°WCoordinates: 15°31′07″S 72°11′32″W / 15.51861°S 72.19222°W |
| Geography | |
  Qallwa Peru | |
| Location | Peru, Arequipa Region |
| Parent range | Andes |
Qallwa (Quechua for a little branch, also for an instrument out of wood or bones which the weavers use to press the threads of the cloth,[2] hispanicized spelling Jallhua) is a 5,145 m (16,880 ft) high mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Arequipa Region, Castilla Province, on the border of the districts of Ayo, Chachas and Choco. Its ridge extents from northeast to southwest. Qallwa lies southwest of Sirani and northeast of Sukna.[3]
References
- ↑ "Huambo (map)". IGN, Peru. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
- ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Castilla Province 1 (Arequipa Region)
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