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Kimsaqucha (Puno)
Kimsaqucha (Quechua ''kimsa'' three, ''qucha'' lake, "three lakes", hispanicized spelling ''Quimsacocha'') is a group of three lakes in Peru located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Ituata District. The lakes lie north-east of the Kallawaya The Kallawaya are an indigenous group living in the Andes of Bolivia. They live in the Bautista Saavedra Province and Muñecas Province of the La Paz Department but are best known for being an itinerant group of traditional healers that tra ... mountain range, at the foot of the mountain Yana Wayllayuq (Quechua for "the one with a black meadow", hispanicized ''Yana Huayllayoc'').escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Carabaya Province (Puno Region) The lakes are connected by an intermittent stream. It flows to the little lake Sallaqucha ''(Sallaccocha)'' where it turns to the south-east to reach the river Yuraq Kancha ''(Yurac Cancha)'' whose waters flow to the Inambari River. References Lakes of Peru Lakes of Puno Regio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peru
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Puno Region
Puno () is a department and region in southeastern Peru. It is the fifth largest department in Peru, after Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It is bordered by Bolivia on the east, the departments of Madre de Dios on the north, Cusco and Arequipa on the west, Moquegua on the southwest, and Tacna on the south. Its capital is the city of Puno, which is located on Lake Titicaca in the geographical region known as the Altiplano or high sierra. Puno was the territory of the Tiahuanacos (800 A.D. – 1200 A.D.), who were the highest cultural expression of the Aymara people who established themselves in what is today Peru and Bolivia. The Incas took over these lands in the fifteenth century, and the Spanish, attracted by the mining industry developed there, left an important Colonial legacy throughout the entire area. Geography The department of Puno is located in the Collao Plateau. The western part of Lake Titicaca, which is the world's highest navigable lake, is locate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carabaya Province
Carabaya Province is a Provinces of Peru, province of the Puno Region located in the southern part of Peru. It is bounded on the north by the Madre de Dios Region, on the east by the Sandia Province, on the south by the provinces of Azángaro Province, Azángaro, Melgar Province, Melgar and San Antonio de Putina Province, Putina and on the west by the Cusco Region. The capital of the province is the city of Macusani. Geography The province is traversed by the Willkanuta mountain range, Willkanuta and Kallawaya mountain range, Kallawaya mountain ranges. Some of the highest peaks of the province are Allin Qhapaq, Ch'ichi Qhapaq and Pumanuta. Other mountains are listed below: Ariquma Lake, Wiluyuq Qucha and Sayt'uquta belong to the largest lakes of the province. Political division The province measures and is divided into ten districts: Ethnic groups The people in the province are mainly Indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous citizens of Quechua people, Quechua d ... [...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] |
Ituata District
Ituata District is one of ten districts of the Carabaya Province in Peru. Geography The Kallawaya mountain range traverses the district. One of the highest elevations of the district is Q'iruni at . 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 (92.94%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.02% 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: Pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kallawaya Mountain Range
The Cordillera Carabaya (Spanish for "Carabaya mountain range") lies in the Andes of Peru. It extends between 14°00' and 14°22'S and 69°38' and 70°19'W for about 75 km. It is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, between the Vilcanota mountain range in the north-west and the Apolobamba mountain range in the south-east, north and north-east of Macusani. Mountains The highest peak in the range is Allincapac at . Other mountains are listed below:Taken from Mountaineering in the Andes by Jill Neate RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre, 2nd edition, May 1994Michael Cocker, Frost, Dust and Tear Gas, Exploratory Mountaineering in the Peruvian Cordillera Carabaya, in: Alpine Journal 2008, p. 53-69allthemountains.com Maps of the Eastern Andes of Peru including two maps of the Carabaya mountain range (inactive website) See also * Chaupicocha * Kallawaya The Kallawaya are an indigenous group living in the Andes of Bolivia. They live in the Bautista Saavedra Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inambari River
The Inambari River in southeastern Peru flows from the Cordillera Apolobamba in the Andes to the Madre de Dios River. The river spans the Puno and Madre de Dios regions. Tributaries include the rivers Yanaqucha, Pukaramayu, Mancuari, Wila Uma, Blanco, San Bartolome, Yawarmayu Yawarmayu (Quechua ''yawar'' blood, ''mayu'' river, "blood river", hispanicized spelling ''Yahuarmayo'') is a river in Peru located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Ayapata District.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Carabaya Province ( ... and Winchusmayu. The Inambari passes through the towns of Cuyocuyo, Sandia and Massiapo, Pacaysuizo, Isilluma and St. Helena. References Rivers of Peru Rivers of Madre de Dios Region Rivers of Puno Region {{Peru-river-stub ... [...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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