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Juan Espinoza Medrano District
Juan Espinoza Medrano District is one of the seven districts of the province Antabamba in Peru. Geography The Wansu mountain range traverses the province. Some of the highest peaks of the province 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 (75.41%) learnt to speak in childhood, 23.66% 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 Pobl ... [...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] |
Lunq'u
Lunq'u (Quechua for fat, thick, plump / sphere, elliptical or round body / inhabitant of the coastal plains, Hispanicized spellings ''Lunco'', erroneously also ''Limco'') is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Apurímac Region, Antabamba Province, Juan Espinoza Medrano District, in the Arequipa Region, La Unión Province, in the districts Huaynacotas and Pampamarca, and in the Ayacucho Region, Parinacochas Province, Coronel Castañeda District Coronel Castañeda District is one of eight districts of the Parinacochas Province in Peru. Geography One of the highest peaks of the district is Lunq'u at . Other mountains are listed below: Ethnic groups The people in the district are ...,Observatorio Territorial, Año 2 No 07, p. 8: ''"Arequipa, Apurímac y Ayacucho reconocen como punto tripartito la Cumbre del Cerro Lunco"'' where it is the easternmost point. The little river Lunq'u ''(Lunco)'' originates north ... [...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] |
Quechua People
Quechua people (, ; ) or Quichua people, may refer to any of the aboriginal people of South America who speak the Quechua languages, which originated among the Indigenous people of Peru. Although most Quechua speakers are native to Peru, there are some significant populations in Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, and Argentina. The most common Quechua dialect is Southern Quechua. The Kichwa people of Ecuador speak the Kichwa dialect; in Colombia, the Inga people speak Inga Kichwa. The Quechua word for a Quechua speaker is ''runa'' or ''nuna'' ("person"); the plural is ''runakuna'' or ''nunakuna'' ("people"). "Quechua speakers call themselves Runa -- simply translated, 'the people.'" Some historical Quechua people are: * The Chanka people, who lived in the Huancavelica, Ayacucho, and Apurímac regions of Peru. * The Huanca people of the Junín Region of Peru, who spoke Quechua before the Incas did. * The Inca, who established the largest empire of the pre-Columbian era. * T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indigenous Peoples Of The Americas
The Indigenous peoples of the Americas are the inhabitants of the Americas before the arrival of the European settlers in the 15th century, and the ethnic groups who now identify themselves with those peoples. Many Indigenous peoples of the Americas were traditionally hunter-gatherers and many, especially in the Amazon basin, still are, but many groups practiced aquaculture and agriculture. While some societies depended heavily on agriculture, others practiced a mix of farming, hunting, and gathering. In some regions, the Indigenous peoples created monumental architecture, large-scale organized cities, city-states, chiefdoms, states, kingdoms, republics, confederacies, and empires. Some had varying degrees of knowledge of engineering, architecture, mathematics, astronomy, writing, physics, medicine, planting and irrigation, geology, mining, metallurgy, sculpture, and gold smithing. Many parts of the Americas are still populated by Indigenous peoples; some countries have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuraq Qaqa (Apurímac)
Yuraq Qaqa ( Quechua ''yuraq'' white, ''qaqa'' rock, "white rock", Hispanicized spelling ''Yuracjaja'') is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Apurímac Region, Antabamba Province, Juan Espinoza Medrano District. Yuraq Qaqa lies west of the peaks of Quri Pawkara Quri Pawkara ( Quechua ''quri'' gold, ''pawkara'' a species of bird,Shimikunata Asirtachik Killka Inka-Kastellanu, Instituto Linguístico de Verano, Lima, Peru, 2002 (possibly Russet-backed oropendola) also spelled ''Coripaucara'') is a mountai ... and southeast of Kuntur Wasi. References Mountains of Peru Mountains of Apurímac Region {{Apurímac-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yana Uqhu (Apurímac)
Yana Uqhu ( Quechua ''yana'' black, ''uqhu'' swamp, Hispanicized spelling ''Yanaojo'') is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Apurímac Region, Antabamba Province, Juan Espinoza Medrano District. Yana Uqhu lies southwest of the peaks of Quri Pawkara Quri Pawkara ( Quechua ''quri'' gold, ''pawkara'' a species of bird,Shimikunata Asirtachik Killka Inka-Kastellanu, Instituto Linguístico de Verano, Lima, Peru, 2002 (possibly Russet-backed oropendola) also spelled ''Coripaucara'') is a mountai ... and south of Yuraq Qaqa. References Mountains of Peru Mountains of Apurímac Region {{Apurímac-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utkhu
Utkhu ( Quechua for cotton, also spelled ''Ucto, Utco'') is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Apurímac Region, Antabamba Province, in the districts of Antabamba and Juan Espinoza Medrano. Utkhu lies northeast of Quri Pawkara Quri Pawkara ( Quechua ''quri'' gold, ''pawkara'' a species of bird,Shimikunata Asirtachik Killka Inka-Kastellanu, Instituto Linguístico de Verano, Lima, Peru, 2002 (possibly Russet-backed oropendola) also spelled ''Coripaucara'') is a mountai .... References Mountains of Peru Mountains of Apurímac Region {{Apurímac-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urpi Marka
Urpi Marka ( Quechua ''urpi'' dove, ''marka'' village, "dove village", also spelled ''Urpimarca'') is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Apurímac Region, Antabamba Province, Juan Espinoza Medrano District Juan Espinoza Medrano District is one of the seven districts of the province Antabamba in Peru. Geography The Wansu mountain range traverses the province. Some of the highest peaks of the province are listed below: Ethnic groups The people .... Urpi Marka lies west Sara Sara.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Antabamba Province (Apurímac Region) References Mountains of Peru Mountains of Apurímac Region {{Apurímac-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Sara (Apurímac)
Sara Sara ( Aymara ''sara'' an ounce, Quechua ''sara'' maize, the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something) is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Apurímac Region, Antabamba Province, in the districts of Antabamba and Juan Espinoza Medrano. Sara Sara lies south of Quri Waraqa and Huch'uy Sara Sara Huch'uy Sara Sara (Quechua ''huch'uy'' little, ''Sara Sara'' the name of a mountain near Huch'uy Sara Sara, "little Sara Sara", also spelled ''Uchuy Sara Sara'') is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in ....escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Antabamba Province (Apurímac Region) References Mountains of Peru Mountains of Apurímac Region {{Apurímac-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quri Waraqa
Quri Waraqa ( Quechua ''quri'' gold, ''waraqa'' sack, "gold sack", Hispanicized spelling ''Corihuaraca'') or Quri Warak'a (''warak'a'' sling or slingshot, "gold sling" or "gold slingshot") is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Apurímac Region, Antabamba Province, in the districts of Antabamba and Juan Espinoza Medrano. Quri Waraqa lies north of Sara Sara, Panti Pata and Huch'uy Sara Sara Huch'uy Sara Sara (Quechua ''huch'uy'' little, ''Sara Sara'' the name of a mountain near Huch'uy Sara Sara, "little Sara Sara", also spelled ''Uchuy Sara Sara'') is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in .... References Mountains of Peru Mountains of Apurímac Region {{Apurímac-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quri Pawkara
Quri Pawkara ( Quechua ''quri'' gold, ''pawkara'' a species of bird,Shimikunata Asirtachik Killka Inka-Kastellanu, Instituto Linguístico de Verano, Lima, Peru, 2002 (possibly Russet-backed oropendola) also spelled ''Coripaucara'') is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Apurímac Region, Antabamba Province, in the districts of Antabamba and Juan Espinoza Medrano. Its three peaks lie in a row from north to south northwest of Quri Waraqa Quri Waraqa ( Quechua ''quri'' gold, ''waraqa'' sack, "gold sack", Hispanicized spelling ''Corihuaraca'') or Quri Warak'a (''warak'a'' sling or slingshot, "gold sling" or "gold slingshot") is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes .... References Mountains of Peru Mountains of Apurímac Region {{Apurímac-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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