Aqumayu (Huánuco) , a province in the Cusco Region, Peru
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Aqumayu (Quechua for "sand river") may refer to: Rivers * Aqumayu (Cusco), in the Cusco Region, Peru * Aqumayu (Huánuco), in the Huánuco Region, Peru Places * Acomayo, a location in the Acomayo Province, Cusco Region, Peru * Acomayo District, a district in the Acomayo Province, Cusco Region, Peru * Acomayo Province Acomayo Province is one of thirteen Provinces of Peru, provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru. Geography Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below: Political division The province is divided into ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Quechua Language
Quechua (, ; ), usually called ("people's language") in Quechuan languages, is an Indigenous languages of the Americas, indigenous language family spoken by the Quechua peoples, primarily living in the Peruvian Andes. Derived from a common ancestral language, it is the most widely spoken Pre-Columbian era, pre-Columbian language family of the Americas, with an estimated 8–10 million speakers as of 2004.Adelaar 2004, pp. 167–168, 255. Approximately 25% (7.7 million) of Peruvians speak a Quechuan language. It is perhaps most widely known for being the main language family of the Inca Empire. The Spanish encouraged its use until the Peruvian War of Independence, Peruvian struggle for independence of the 1780s. As a result, Quechua variants are still widely spoken today, being the co-official language of many regions and the second most spoken language family in Peru. History Quechua had already expanded across wide ranges of the central Andes long before the expansion of the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aqumayu (Cusco)
Acomayo River (possibly from Quechua ''aqu'' sand, ''mayu'' river,Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) "sand river") is a river in Peru located in the Cusco Region, Acomayo Province, in the districts Acomayo and Acos. It is a right tributary of the Apurímac River The Apurímac River ( que, Apurimaq mayu; es, Río Apurímac, ; from Quechua ''apu'' 'divinity' and ''rimaq'' 'oracle, talker') rises from glacial meltwater of the ridge of the Mismi, a mountain in the Arequipa Province in the south-western m .... The confluence is southeast of the town Acomayo. References Rivers of Peru Rivers of Cusco Region {{Peru-river-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aqumayu (Huánuco) , a province in the Cusco Region, Peru
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Aqumayu (Quechua for "sand river") may refer to: Rivers * Aqumayu (Cusco), in the Cusco Region, Peru * Aqumayu (Huánuco), in the Huánuco Region, Peru Places * Acomayo, a location in the Acomayo Province, Cusco Region, Peru * Acomayo District, a district in the Acomayo Province, Cusco Region, Peru * Acomayo Province Acomayo Province is one of thirteen Provinces of Peru, provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru. Geography Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below: Political division The province is divided into ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Acomayo
Acomayo is a town in Southern Peru, capital of the province Acomayo in the region Cusco Cusco, often spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu ()), is a city in Southeastern Peru near the Urubamba Valley of the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cusco Region and of the Cusco Province. The city is the list of cities in Peru, seventh m .... Instituto Nacional de Estadística e InformáticaBanco de Información Digital, Retrieved June 15, 2008 References External linksSatellite map at Maplandia Populated places in the Cusco Region {{Cusco-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Acomayo District
Acomayo or Aqumayu (Quechua ''aqu'' sand, ''mayu'' river, "sand river") is one of seven districts of the province Acomayo in Peru. Ethnic groups The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (74.78%) learnt to speak in childhood, 25.18% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ... language ( 2007 Peru Census). INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población See also *[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |