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Chivay
Chivay is a town in the Colca valley, capital of the Caylloma province in the Arequipa region, Peru. Located at about 3,600 m above sea level (12,000 ft), it lies upstream of the renowned Colca Canyon. It has a central town square and an active market. Ten km to the east, and 1,500 metres above the town of Chivay lies the Chivay obsidian source. Thermal springs are located 3 km from town; a number of heated pools have been constructed. A stone "Inca" bridge crosses the Colca River ravine, just to the north of the town. The town is a popular staging point for tourists visiting Condor Cross or Cruz Del Condor, where condors can be seen catching thermal uplifts a few kilometres downstream. File:Inca bridge chivay.jpg, alt=Bridge near Chivay known as the Inca Bridge, "Puente Inca" near Chivay File:Chivay-market.JPG, Chivay market File:Temple Santiago Apostol de Caporaque, Chivey Peru.jpg, Temple Santiago Apostol de Caporaque in Chivay File:Bullring.jpg, Ruins of a ring o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chivay Obsidian Source
The Chivay obsidian source (15.6423° S, 71.5355° W, 4972 masl) is the geological origin of a chemical group of obsidian that is found throughout the south-central Andean highlands including southern Peru and western Bolivia. Chemical characterization studies using X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) have shown that the Chivay obsidian source, also known as the Cotallalli type or the Titicaca Basin type, makes up over 90% of the obsidian artifacts analyzed from the Lake Titicaca Basin. Obsidian from the Chivay source is found in large and homogeneous nodules in a high altitude volcanic depression approximately ten km to the east of the town of Chivay in the Colca Canyon, Colca Valley (Caylloma, Arequipa, Peru).http://mapaspects.org/tripcevich-papers-presentations/tripcevich-phd-dissertation Consumption sites Obsidian from the Chivay source has been chemically identified among artifacts from over fifty sites in the south-central Andes. Chivay obsidia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colca Canyon
The Colca Canyon is a canyon of the Colca River in southern Peru, located about northwest of Arequipa. With a depth of about 1000 - 2000 m (3300 - 6600 ft) (whereas bottom is at cca 2000 m and edges are at 3000 - 4000 metres above the sea level), it is one of the deepest canyons in the world. Its length is about . The Colca Valley is a colorful Andean valley with pre-Inca rooted inhabitants, and towns founded in Spanish colonial times, still inhabited by people of the Collagua and the Cabana cultures. The local people maintain their ancestral traditions and continue to cultivate the pre-Inca stepped terraces, called andenes. It is Peru's third most-visited tourist destination with about 120,000 visitors annually. History The Quechua-speaking Cabanas, probably descended from the Wari culture, and the Aymara-speaking Colleagues, who moved to the area from the Lake Titicaca region, inhabited the valley in the pre-Inca era. The Inca probably arrived in the Colca Valley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chivay District
Chivay District is one of twenty districts of the province Caylloma in Peru. Geography One of the highest mountains of the district is Waran K'anthi at . Other mountains are listed below:escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Caylloma Province 2, Arequipa Region See also * Uskallaqta Uskallaqta (Quechua ''uska'' poor, ''llaqta'' place (village, town, city, country, nation),Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) other spellings ''Juscallacta, Uscallacta ... References Districts of the Caylloma Province Districts of the Arequipa Region {{Arequipa-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caylloma Province
Caylloma Province is the largest of eight provinces in the Arequipa Region of Peru. Geography The Chila mountain range traverses the province. One of the highest mountains of the province is Mismi. Other mountains are listed below: Political division The province is divided into twenty districts which are: Points of interest The Colca Canyon lies in the Huambo and Callalli districts. See also * Ccotalaca * Ccotaña * Muyurqa Lake Lake Mucurca (possibly from Quechua ''muyuy'' to turn, to move circularly / to turn a body around its axis, ''-rqa'' verbal suffix) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ankachita
Ancachita (possibly from Quechua ''anka'' eagle, ''chita'' young domesticated sheep / a little animal which follows its owner))Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province, on the border of the districts Callalli and Chivay, east of Chivay. Ancachita lies north of the higher mountains Huarancante Huarancante (possibly from Aymara) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province, on the border of the districts Callalli, Chivay and Yanque, southeast of Chivay.escale.minedu.gob.pe ... and Jello Jello.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Caylloma Province 2 (Arequipa Region) References Mountains of Peru Mountains of Arequipa Region {{Arequipa-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warank'anthi
Huarancante (possibly from Aymara) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province Caylloma Province is the largest of eight provinces in the Arequipa Region of Peru. Geography The Chila mountain range traverses the province. One of the highest mountains of the province is Mismi. Other mountains are listed below: Politic ..., on the border of the districts Callalli, Chivay and Yanque, southeast of Chivay.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Caylloma Province 2 (Arequipa Region) Huarancante lies southwest of the mountain Jello Jello. References Mountains of Peru Mountains of Arequipa Region {{Peru-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arequipa Region
Arequipa ( ay, Ariqipa; qu, Ariqipa) is a department and region in southwestern Peru. It is the sixth largest department in Peru, after Puno, Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto, its sixth most populous department, and its eleventh least densely populated department. It is bordered by the departments of Ica, Ayacucho, Apurímac and Cusco in the north, the Department of Puno in the east, the Department of Moquegua in the south, and the Pacific Ocean in the west. Its capital, also called Arequipa, is Peru's second-largest city. Geography This department has a rough topography, which is characterised by heavy layers of volcanic lava covering large areas of its inter- Andean sector. It has deep canyons such as the ones formed by the Ocoña and Majes rivers. Plateaus range in height from medium, such as La Joya, and high-altitude ones such the Arrieros Pampa and those located in the zones of Chivay, Huambo and Pichucolla. Volcanic cones, such as Misti, Chachani, Ampa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Q'illu Q'illu
Jello Jello (possibly from Aymara and Quechua ''q'illu'' yellow, the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, "a complex of yellow", ''q'illu q'illu'' a plant ''(Berberis bumaelifolia)'',Susana Arrázola Rivero, Margoth Atahuachi, Edwin Saravia, Alvaro Lopez, Diversidad floristica medicinal y potencial etnofarmacológico de las plantas de los valles secos de Cochabamba - Bolivia (in Spanish), p. 70 - 76: List of plants which grow in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia, including the common names) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province, in the districts Callalli and Chivay. Jello Jello lies northeast of a higher mountain named Huarancante Huarancante (possibly from Aymara) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province, on the border of the districts Callalli, Chivay and Yanque, southeast of Chivay.escale.minedu.gob.p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uskallaqta
Uskallaqta (Quechua ''uska'' poor, ''llaqta'' place (village, town, city, country, nation),Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) other spellings ''Juscallacta, Uscallacta, Uskallacta'') is an archaeological complex with stone tombs ''(chullpa)'' and rooms in Peru. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province Caylloma Province is the largest of eight provinces in the Arequipa Region of Peru. Geography The Chila mountain range traverses the province. One of the highest mountains of the province is Mismi. Other mountains are listed below: Politic ..., Chivay District, southwest of Chivay. See also * Uyu Uyu References Archaeological sites in Arequipa Region Archaeological sites in Peru Tombs in Peru {{SouthAm-archaeology-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces Of Peru
The provinces of Peru () are the second-level administrative subdivisions of the country. They are divided into districts ( es, distritos, links=no). There are 196 provinces in Peru, grouped into 25 regions, except for Lima Province which does not belong to any region. This makes an average of seven provinces per region. The region with the fewest provinces is Callao (one) and the region with the most is Ancash (twenty). While provinces in the sparsely populated Amazon rain forest of eastern Peru tend to be larger, there is a large concentration of them in the north-central area of the country. The province with the fewest districts is Purús Province, with just one district. The province with the most districts is Lima Province, with 43 districts. The most common number of districts per province is eight; a total of 29 provinces share this number of districts. Provinces table The table below shows all provinces with their capitals and the region in which they are locate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regions Of Peru
According to the ''Organic Law of Regional Governments'', the regions ( es, regiones) are, with the departments, the first-level administrative subdivisions of Peru. Since its 1821 independence, Peru had been divided into departments () but faced the problem of increasing centralization of political and economic power in its capital, Lima. After several unsuccessful regionalization attempts, the national government decided to temporarily provide the departments (including the Constitutional Province of Callao) with regional governments until the conformation of regions according to the ''Organic Law of Regional Governments'' which says that two or more departments should merge to conform a region. This situation turned the departments into ''de facto'' regional government circumscriptions. The first regional governments were elected on November 20, 2002. Under the new arrangement, the 24 departments plus the Callao Province are regional government circumscriptions each with a ... [...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, which in turn are subdivisions of the larger 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 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 their whole jurisdictions and they often ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
