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Marangani District
Marangani District is one of eight districts of the province Canchis in Peru. Geography The La Raya mountain range traverses the district. Some of the highest mountains are listed below:escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region) The most important river of the district is the Willkanuta which crosses the district from southeast to northwest. Ethnic groups The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (80.81%) learnt to speak in childhood, 18.82% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ... language ( 2007 Peru Census). [...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] |
Huch'uy K'uchu
Huch'uy K'uchu (Quechua ''huch'uy'' small (''juch'uy'' in Bolivia), ''k'uchu'' corner, "small corner", Hispanicized spelling ''Uchuycucho'') is a mountain in the La Raya mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canas Province, Layo District, and in the Canchis Province, Marangani District. Huch'uy K'uchu lies near the La Raya pass northwest of Chimpulla and north of Kunka Kunka (Aymara and Quechua for throat, gullet, neck, voice, Hispanicized spelling ''Cunca'') is a mountain in the La Raya mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is situated at the La Raya Pass and the road and rail which connect Cusco with Lake .... It stretches along the Hatun K'uchu valley ("big corner", ''Atuncucho'') from west to east whose stream flows to the Willkanuta River.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Cusco Region) References Mountains of Cusco Region Mountains of Peru {{Cusco-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Language
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a world language, global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain. Spanish is the official language of List of countries where Spanish is an official language, 20 countries. It is the world's list of languages by number of native speakers, second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's list of languages by total number of speakers, fourth-most spoken language overall after English language, English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani language, Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance languages, Romance language. The largest population of native speakers is in Mexico. Spanish is part of the Iberian Romance languages, Ibero-Romance group of languages, which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in I ... [...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] |
Urubamba River
The Urubamba River or Vilcamayo River (possibly from Quechua ''Willkamayu'', for "sacred river") is a river in Peru. Upstream it is called Vilcanota River (possibly from Aymara ''Willkanuta'', for "house of the sun"). Within the La Convención Province the naming changes to Urubamba. A partially navigable headwater of the Amazon River, it rises in the Andes to the southeast of Cuzco. It originates on the slopes of Khunurana in the Puno Region, Melgar Province, near the La Raya pass. It flows north-north-west for 724 kilometers before coalescing with the Tambo River to form the Ucayali River. The Urubamba is divided into Upper Urubamba and Lower Urubamba, the dividing feature being the Pongo de Mainique, an infamous whitewater canyon. Upper Urubamba The Upper Urubamba (''Alto Urubamba'') valley features a high population and extensive irrigation works. A number of ruins of the Inca Empire lie in the Sacred Valley, including the Incan city of Machu Picchu, Patallaqta, Pikillaq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yana Urqu (Canas-Canchis)
Yana Urqu (Quechua ''yana'' black, ''urqu'' mountain, "black mountain", hispanicized spellings ''Yanaorcco, Yanaorco'') is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canas Province, Langui District, and in the Canchis Province, Marangani District. Yana Urqu lies on a ridge northeast of Langui Layo Lake, northwest of Pawka Pawka (Quechua for a plant ''(Escallonia herrerae)'', Hispanicized spellings ''Pauca, Paucca'') is a mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canas Province, Layo District, and in the Canchis Province Canchis Province .... References Mountains of Cusco Region Mountains of Peru {{Cusco-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yana Ranra
Yana Ranra (Quechua ''yana'' black, ''ranra'' stony; stony ground,Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) "black stony ground", also spelled ''Yanarangra'') is a mountain in the La Raya mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canas Province, Layo District, and in the Canchis Province, Marangani District. Yana Ranra lies near the La Raya pass northwest of Chimpulla and Kunka and southwest of Huch'uy K'uchu Huch'uy K'uchu (Quechua ''huch'uy'' small (''juch'uy'' in Bolivia), ''k'uchu'' corner, "small corner", Hispanicized spelling ''Uchuycucho'') is a mountain in the La Raya mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Ca .... It is situated at the Hatun K'uchu valley ("big corner", ''Atuncucho'') whose stream flows to the Willkanuta River. References Mountains of Cusco Region Mountains of Peru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiluyu (Marangani)
Wiluyu (Aymara ''wila'' blood, blood-red, ''uyu'' corral, "red corral", hispanicized spelling ''Viluyo'') is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Marangani District. Wiluyu lies east of Langui Layo Lake, north of Pawka Pawka (Quechua for a plant ''(Escallonia herrerae)'', Hispanicized spellings ''Pauca, Paucca'') is a mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canas Province, Layo District, and in the Canchis Province Canchis Province .... References Mountains of Cusco Region Mountains of Peru {{Cusco-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qullqini
Qullqini (Aymara ''qullqi'' silver, ''-ni'' a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with silver", Hispanicized spelling ''Colquene'') is a mountain in the La Raya mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Marangani District. Qullqini lies near the La Raya pass southwest of Qillqa and Kuntur Quta and northwest of Huch'uy K'uchu Huch'uy K'uchu (Quechua ''huch'uy'' small (''juch'uy'' in Bolivia), ''k'uchu'' corner, "small corner", Hispanicized spelling ''Uchuycucho'') is a mountain in the La Raya mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Ca .... It is situated at the Qillqa valley whose stream flows to the Willkanuta River. References Mountains of Cusco Region Mountains of Peru {{Cusco-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qillqa (Cusco)
Qillqa (Quechua for writing (the act and art of writing) Hispanicized spelling ''Quillca'') is a mountain in the La Raya mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Marangani District Marangani District is one of eight districts of the province Canchis in Peru. Geography The La Raya mountain range traverses the district. Some of the highest mountains are listed below:escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province ( .... Southwest of the mountain there is also a lake named Qillqa with an intermittent stream of the same name. The stream is a right affluent of the Willkanuta River.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region) References Mountains of Peru Mountains of Cusco Region {{Cusco-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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