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Calca District
Calca District is one of eight districts of the province Calca in Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi .... The capital of the district is Calca, also known as the capital of the Sacred Valley. Geography Some of the highest mountains of the Urupampa mountain range, Ch'iqun, Q'irayuq, Sawasiray and Siriwani, lie in the northwestern part of the Calca District. Other mountains of the district are listed below:escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the CAlca Province (Cusco Region) See also * Huch'uy Qusqu * Llamayuq References {{coord, 13.3232, S, 71.9785, W, source:wikidata, display=title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Peru
The districts of Peru () are the third-level country subdivisions of Peru. They are subdivisions of the provinces of Peru, provinces, which in turn are subdivisions of the larger regions of Peru, regions or departments. There are 1,838 districts in total. Overview A 1982 law requires a minimum of residents in an area for a new district to be legally established: 3,500 if it is located in the rainforest, 4,000 in the Andes highlands and 10,000 in the Chala, coastal area. In the dry Andean area, many districts have less than 3,500 inhabitants due to low population density in the area. In some cases, their populations have decreased in comparison to the days when they were founded. Districts that are located at very high altitudes tend to be scarcely populated. These districts usually are large in area, have few available land for use. Many basic government services do not reach all residents of these districts due to their difficult geography. Many lack financial means to govern th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitusiray
Pitusiray is a mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Calca District, north of the Vilcanota River. Pitusiray is situated southeast of Huamanchoque Huamanchoque (possibly from Quechua ''waman'' falcon or variable hawk, ''chuqi'' metal, every kind of precious metal / gold ( References Mountains of Peru< ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intiyuq K'uchu
Intiyuq K'uchu (or Pintasqa Wayq'u) is an archaeological site in Peru with rock paintings. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Lamay District.Rainer Hostnig, Pinturas rupestres de posible afiliación Inca en el departamento del Cusco, SIARB. Cusco, Peru (in Spanish) Intiyuq K'uchu is situated at a height of about . ''Intiyuq K'uchu'' is a Quechuan name that means ""a corner with (a) sun". ''Inti'' means sun; ''-yuq'' is a suffix that denotes ownership; ''k'uchu'' means "corner".Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) It is alternately spelled ''Intiyoqk'uchu''. ''Pintasqa Wayq'u'' (or ''Pintasqawayq'o'') means "painted valley": ''Pintay'' ("to paint") is a borrowing from Spanish ''pintar''; ''wayq'u''/''wayq'o'' means "valley". ''Pintasqa Wayq'u'' (hispanicized Hispanicization ( es, hispanización) refers to the process by which a place or person becomes influenced by Hispanic culture or a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pachakutiq (Cusco)
Pachakutiq (Quechua ''pacha'' time, space, ''kuti'' return, "return of time", "change of time", ''pacha kuti'' "great change or disturbance in the social or political order", ''-q'' a suffix, '' Pachakutiq'' an Inca emperor, Hispanicized spelling ''Pachacútec'') is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, on the border of the districts Calca and Lares Lares ( , ; archaic , singular ''Lar'') were guardian deities in ancient Roman religion. Their origin is uncertain; they may have been hero-ancestors, guardians of the hearth, fields, boundaries, or fruitfulness, or an amalgam of these. Lares .... Pachakutiq is situated east of the Urupampa mountain range. It lies north-east of the mountain Q'irayuq and south-west of the mountains Yanaqaqa and Chhullunkunayuq. References Mountains of Peru Mountains of Cusco Region {{Cusco-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maki Makiyuq
Maquimaquiyoc (possibly from Quechua ''maki'' hand, ''maki maki'' a kind of tree with fingered leaves ''(Oreopanax incisus)'', ''-yuq'' a suffix, "the one with the ''maki maki'' tree) is a mountain in the eastern extensions of the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Calca District. It lies east of Coscojahuarina and southeast of Huamanchoque and Pitusiray Pitusiray is a mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Calca District, north of the Vilcanota River. Pitusiray is situated southeast of Huamanchoque Huamanchoque (pos .... References Mountains of Peru Mountains of Cusco Region {{Cusco-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llamayuq Q'asa
Llamayojcasa (possibly from Quechua ''llama'' llama, ''-yuq'' a suffix, ''Llamayuq'' an archaeological site, ''q'asa'' mountain pass, "Llamayuq pass" or "mountain pass with llamas"), also known as Qochaqollur (possibly from Quechua for "lake star"), is a mountain in the eastern extensions of the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Calca District Calca District is one of eight districts of the province Calca in Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbo .... It lies southeast of Ccerayoc. This is where the archaeological site of Llamayuq is situated. References Mountains of Peru Mountains of Cusco Region {{Cusco-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuntur Wachana (Cusco)
Condorhuachana (possibly from Quechua ''kuntur'' condor, ''wacha'' birth, to give birth, ''-na'' a suffix, 'where the condor is born') is a mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Calca District, north of the Vilcanota River. Condorhuachana is situated northeast of Huamanchoque, southeast of Sirihuani Sirihuani or Sirijuani is a mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, in the districts of Calca and Lares. It is situated northwest of Sahuasiray and Canchacanchajasa, and ... and Sahuasiray, and southwest of Ccerayoc. See also * Kuntur Wachana (film) * Pucaorjo References Mountains of Peru Mountains of Cusco Region {{Cusco-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kancha Kancha Q'asa
Canchacanchajasa (possibly from Quechua ''kancha'' enclosure, enclosed place, yard, a frame, or wall that encloses, ''q'asa'' mountain pass,Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, "Cancha Cancha mountain pass") is a mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Calca District, north of the Urubamba River. Canchacanchajasa is situated southeast of Sirihuani, north of Cóndorhuachana and Huamanchoque Huamanchoque (possibly from Quechua ''waman'' falcon or variable hawk, ''chuqi'' metal, every kind of precious metal / gold ( [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ch'akiqucha
Chaquicocha (possibly from Quechua ''ch'aki'' dry, ''qucha'' lake, "dry lake", Hispanicized spelling ''Chaquicocha'') is a mountain at a little lake of that name in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Calca District, and in the Urubamba Province, in the districts of Huayllabamba and Yucay. It lies southwest of Huamanchoque and southeast of Chicon. The lake named Chaquicocha is in the Yucay District south of the mountain at . It is about deep and its area is about two ha. Like Yanacocha ("black lake") south of it Chaquicocha is surrounded by woods of ''queñua'' or ''quewiña'' ''(polylepis)''. See also * Lares trek * Machu Qullqa Machu Colca, ''Machuqolqa'' or ''Machu Qollqa'' (from Quechua ''machu'' old, old person, ''qullqa, qulqa'' deposit, storehouse)Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) is an a ... References Mountains o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chhullunkunayuq
Chulluncunayoc (possibly from Quechua ''chhullunku, chhullunka'', icicle / ice, ''-na'', ''-yuq'' suffixes) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about high. It lies in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Calca District Calca District is one of eight districts of the province Calca in Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbo ..., east of the Urubamba mountain range. Chulluncunayoc is situated northeast of Ccerayoc and Pachacútec and southwest of Yanacaca (possibly from Quechua for "black rock").escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Calca Province (Cusco Region) References Mountains of Peru Mountains of Cusco Region {{Cusco-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anqasmarka
Ancasmarca, also known as Pitusiray or Sallcasa,escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Calca Province (Cusco Region) is a mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Calca District, north of the Vilcanota River. Ancasmarca is situated northeast of Huamanchoque, southeast of Canchacanchajasa, south of Sahuasiray, and southwest of Ccerayoc and Condorhuachana. Mythology Around 1575, the Spaniard Cristòbal de Molina wrote about the origins of the site in ''Relación de las fábulas y ritos de los Incas'' (Account of the Fables and Rites of the Incas). According to him, after consulting with his llamas, a shepherd foresaw the great flood. He took refuge with his 6 children on top of the Ancasmarca hill, which elevated as the waters rose. When the water cleared, the shepherd's children repopulated the region. For Molina, this was proof that the Andes had experienced the great flood told in the Bible by Noah. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
