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Chanchamayo Valley
Chanchamayo (Hispanicized spelling) or Chanchamayu ( Quechua ''chanchay'' to walk and leap about, to walk quickly and confused, ''mayu'' river) may refer to: * Chanchamayo River, Junín Region, Peru * Chanchamayo, Junín, the capital of the Chanchamayo Province in Peru * Chanchamayo District, a district in the Chanchamayo Province, Junín Region, Peru * Chanchamayo Province, one of nine provinces in the Junín Region in Central Peru * Chanchamayo (Coffee) Chanchamayo (Hispanicized spelling) or Chanchamayu (Quechua ''chanchay'' to walk and leap about, to walk quickly and confused, ''mayu'' river) may refer to: * Chanchamayo River, Junín Region, Peru * Chanchamayo, Junín, the capital of the Chancham ..., an Arabica-coffee that is grown in Monteseco in Northern Peru {{disambiguation, geo ...
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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 ...
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Chanchamayo River
The Chanchamayo River (possibly from Quechua ''chanchay'' to walk and leap about, to walk quickly and confused, ''chancha chancha'' to walk quickly and irregularly, ''shancha'' a kind of bird, ''mayu'' river,) is a river in the Junín Region in Peru. It originates in the Huaytapallana mountain range where it is named Tulumayu. Chanchamayo flows along the town La Merced which is also called Chanchamayo. After joining Paucartambo River it is called Perené River The Perené River () is a Peruvian river on the eastern slopes of the South American Andes. It is formed at the confluence of the Chanchamayo and Paucartambo Rivers, above the community of Perené, actually two pueblos of Santa Ana and Pampa ....chanchamayo.info
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Chanchamayo, Junín
Chanchamayo or La Merced is a town in the Junín Region in central Peru. It is the capital of the Chanchamayo District, which is located in the Chanchamayo Province Chanchamayo (in hispanicized spelling) or Chanchamayu (Quechua language, Quechua ''chanchay'' to walk and leap about, to walk quickly and confused, ''chancha chancha'' to walk quickly and irregularly, ''shancha'' a kind of bird, ''mayu'' river)Dic .... This region is located in the so-called jungle-eyebrow, which means that its geography is a mixture of mountains and jungle. The climate is not quite as hot and humid as it is in the jungle and not quite as cold and dry as it is in the mountains. Populated places in the Junín Region {{Junin-geo-stub ...
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Chanchamayo District
Chanchamayo District is one of six districts of the province Chanchamayo in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital''. Retrieved April 11, 2008. Its capital city is La Merced. See also * Kuntur Muyunan * Pampa Hermosa Reserved Zone Pampa Hermosa National Sanctuary ( es, Santuario Nacional Pampa Hermosa) is a protected area in Peru located in the region of Junín. It preserves one of the last pristine areas of montane forests in central Peru. Geography ''Pampa Hermosa Nati ... References {{coord, 10.9206, S, 75.1746, W, source:wikidata, display=title States and territories established in 1855 1855 establishments in Peru ...
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Chanchamayo Province
Chanchamayo (in hispanicized spelling) or Chanchamayu (Quechua language, Quechua ''chanchay'' to walk and leap about, to walk quickly and confused, ''chancha chancha'' to walk quickly and irregularly, ''shancha'' a kind of bird, ''mayu'' river)Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) is a province in northern Junín Region, in central Peru. The name of the province derives from the river Chanchamayu, whose source is in the Andes, Andean Geography of Peru#Andean Mountain Ranges, Sierra and flows northwards becoming the Perené River. The province has an estimated population of 151,489 (2017 Peru Census, 2017), half of whom live in the provincial capital, La Merced, Junín, La Merced. Another important town in the province is San Ramón, Junín, San Ramón. Both towns are on the west side of the province, surrounded by mountains and close to tourist attractions like jungle forests ...
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Chanchamayo (Coffee)
Chanchamayo (Hispanicized spelling) or Chanchamayu (Quechua ''chanchay'' to walk and leap about, to walk quickly and confused, ''mayu'' river) may refer to: * Chanchamayo River, Junín Region, Peru * Chanchamayo, Junín, the capital of the Chanchamayo Province in Peru * Chanchamayo District, a district in the Chanchamayo Province, Junín Region, Peru * Chanchamayo Province, one of nine provinces in the Junín Region in Central Peru * Chanchamayo (Coffee), an Arabica-coffee ''Coffea arabica'' (), also known as the Arabic coffee, is a species of flowering plant in the coffee and madder family Rubiaceae. It is believed to be the first species of coffee to have been cultivated and is currently the dominant cultivar, r ... that is grown in Monteseco in Northern Peru {{disambiguation, geo ...
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Coffea Arabica
''Coffea arabica'' (), also known as the Arabic coffee, is a species of flowering plant in the coffee and madder family Rubiaceae. It is believed to be the first species of coffee to have been cultivated and is currently the dominant cultivar, representing about 60% of global production. Coffee produced from the less acidic, more bitter, and more highly caffeinated robusta bean ('' C. canephora'') makes up most of the remaining coffee production. Arabica coffee originates from and was first cultivated in Yemen, and documented by the 12th century. ''Coffea arabica'' is called () in Arabic, borrowed from the Amharic "Buna". Taxonomy ''Coffea arabica'' was first described scientifically by Antoine de Jussieu, who named it ''Jasminum arabicum'' after studying a specimen from the Botanic Gardens of Amsterdam. Linnaeus placed it in its own genus ''Coffea'' in 1737. ''Coffea arabica'' is the only polyploid species of the genus ''Coffea,'' as it carries 4 copies of the 11 chromosom ...
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