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Chinaqucha
Chinaqucha (Quechua ''china'' female, ''qucha'' lake, "female lake", Hispanicized spelling ''Chinacocha'') is a lake in Peru located in the Apurímac Region, Grau Province, Curpahuasi District Curpahuasi District is one of the fourteen districts of the Grau Province in Peru. Geography One of the highest peaks of the district is Waman Ch'arpa at approximately . Other mountains are listed below: Ethnic groups The people in the dist .... It is situated east of Urququcha (Quechua for "male lake"). References Lakes of Peru Lakes of Apurímac Region {{Apurimac-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grau Province
Grau Province is one of the seven provinces of the Apurímac Region in Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Chuquibambilla. The province was named after the naval officer Miguel Grau Seminario. Boundaries *North: Abancay Province *East: Cotabambas Province *South: Antabamba Province *West: Abancay Province Geography One of the highest peaks of the district is Q'urawiri at approximately . Other mountains are listed below: Political division The province measures and is divided into fourteen districts: * Chuquibambilla * Curasco * Curpahuasi * Huayllati * Mamara * Mariscal Gamarra * Micaela Bastidas * Pataypampa * Progreso * San Antonio * Santa Rosa * Turpay * Vilcabamba * Virundo Ethnic groups The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (81.28%) learnt to speak in childhood, 18.17% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language and 0.22% usin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curpahuasi District
Curpahuasi District is one of the fourteen districts of the Grau Province in Peru. Geography One of the highest peaks of the district is Waman Ch'arpa at approximately . Other mountains are listed below: Ethnic groups The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (92.62%) learnt to speak in childhood, 7.10% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census The 2007 Peru Census was a detailed enumeration of the Peruvian population. It was conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática on Sunday, October 21, 2007. Its full name in Spanish is XI Censo de Población y VI de Viviend ...). INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urququcha (Apurímac)
__NOTOC__ Urququcha (Quechua ''urqu'' male animal; mountain, ''qucha'' lake, "male lake", hispanicized spelling ''Orccococha, Orjococha'') is a lake in Peru located in the Apurímac Region, Grau Province, Curpahuasi District.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Grau Province (Apurímac Region) It is situated west of Chinaqucha Chinaqucha (Quechua ''china'' female, ''qucha'' lake, "female lake", Hispanicized spelling ''Chinacocha'') is a lake in Peru located in the Apurímac Region, Grau Province, Curpahuasi District Curpahuasi District is one of the fourteen districts ... (Quechua for "female lake"), at the foot of Waman Ch'arpa. References Lakes of Peru Lakes of Apurímac Region {{Peru-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 = "Firm and Happy for the Union" , national_anthem = "National Anthem of Peru" , march = "March of Flags" , image_map = PER orthographic.svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Lima , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , official_languages = Peruvian Spanish, Spanish , languages_type = Co-official languages , languages = , ethnic_groups = , ethnic_groups_year = 2017 , demonym = Peruvians, Peruvian , government_type = Unitary state, Unitary Semi-presidential system, semi-presidential republic , leader_title1 = President of Peru, President ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apurímac Region
Apurímac is the name of: *Apurímac River, a river in the south-eastern parts of central Perú *Apurímac Region, a region in the south-eastern parts of central Perú *Three albums by the German new-age band Cusco: ** ''Apurimac'' (album) **''Apurimac II ''Apurímac II: Return to Ancient America'' is an album by German andean new age band Cusco, released in 1994 on the Higher Octave music label. The album peaked at #8 on the Billboard Top New Age albums chart. It is second in the Apurímac seri ...'' **'' Apurimac III'' {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Lakes Of Peru
The following is a list of lakes in Peru.Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI)"Compendio Estadistica 2007" page 26 Many of the names have the ending -cocha, from Quechua ''qucha'': lake. * Acucocha * Alcacocha * Arapa * Aricota * Belaunde *Carpa * Chauya * Choclococha *Huacachina * Imiria * Jucumarini * Junin * Quishuar Lakes * Langui Layo * Lagunillas * Lauricocha * Loriscota *Llanganuco Lakes * Marcapomacocha * Mucurca *Palcacocha *Paca * Pacucha * Parinacochas * Parón *Paucarcocha * Pelagatos * Pías * Pomacanchi * Pumacocha * Punrun * Querococha * Conococha * Colorcocha * Rimachi * Salinas *Sandoval * Saracocha * Sausacocha *Sauce * Shegue *Sibinacocha * Suches *Titicaca * Tragadero * Umayo * Orcococha *Valencia *Vizcacha * Huangacocha * Huarmicocha * Huaroncocha * Huascacocha * Huichicocha * Vilacota * Huiñaymarca * Yanawayin * Yanaqucha See also *List of lakes *List of lakes by area *List of lakes by depth *List of lakes by volume References {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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