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Putkaqucha
Putkaqucha (Quechua ''putka'' muddy (Jauja Quechua), ''qucha'' lake, "muddy lake", Hispanicized spelling ''Putcacocha'') is a mountain in the Waytapallana mountain range in Peru. It is located in the Junín Region, Concepción Province, Comas District, and in the Huancayo Province, on the border of the districts of El Tambo and Quilcas. Putkaqucha lies southwest of Puywan Puywan (Quechua for heart of an animal, Hispanicized spelling ''Puihuan'') is a mountain in the northern sector of the Waytapallana mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Junín Region, Huancayo Province, Pari ... and northwest of Waytapallana and Ch'uspi.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huancayo Province (Junín Region) References Mountains of Peru Mountains of Junín Region {{Junín-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concepción Province, Peru
Concepción Province is one of nine provinces in the Junín Region in central Peru. Its capital is Concepción. Notable sites include "El convento de Santa Rosa de Ocopa", which contains a vast library and artefacts that were acquired from the first Spanish expeditions to the Peruvian Amazon rainforest. Geography The Huaytapallana mountain range traverses the province. Some of the highest peaks of the province are:escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map of the Concepción Province (Junín Region) Political division The province is divided into seventeen districts ( es, distritos, singular: ''distrito''), each of which is headed by a mayor (''alcalde''): * Concepción * Aco * Andamarca *Chambara * Cochas * Comas * Heroínas Toledo * Manzanares * Mariscal Castilla * Matahuasi *Mito * Nueve de Julio * Orcotuna * San José *Santa Rosa de Ocopa Santa Rosa de Ocopa is the name of a Districts of Peru, district of Concepción Province, Peru, Concepción province, Department of Junin ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waytapallana Mountain Range
The Huaytapallana mountain range (possibly from Quechua ''wayta'' wild flower, a little bunch of flowers, ''pallay'' to collect, ''pallana'' an instrument to collect fruit; collectable, ''Waytapallana'' "a place where you collect wild flowers") lies in the Junín Region in the Andes of Peru. It extends between 11°47' and 11°56'S and 75°00' and 75°05'W for about 17 km. The surface area of the zone is 378'40 km2. The range is located in the provinces of Concepción and Huancayo. In 2011 Huaytapallana was declared an Area of Regional Conservation by Supreme Decrete No. 018-2011-MINAM. The area of 22,406.52 ha is situated in the districts of El Tambo, Huancayo, Pariahuanca and Quilcas of the Huancayo Province and in the Comas District of the Concepción Province. Mountains The highest mountain in the range is Huaytapallana at (Lasuntay). Other mountains are listed below:Evelio Echevarría, Cordillera Huaytapallana, Peru, in: The Alpine Journal, 2009, p. 161-167 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comas District, Concepción
Comas District is one of fifteen districts of the Concepción Province in 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 = "Fi .... Geography The Waytapallana mountain range traverses the province. One of the highest peaks of the district is Putkaqucha at . Other mountains are listed below:escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map of the Concepción Province (Junín Region) References {{Junín-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huancayo Province
Huancayo Province is located in Peru. It is one of the 9 provinces composing the Junín Region. It borders to the north with the Concepción Province, the east with the Satipo Province, the south with the Huancavelica Region and the west with the Chupaca Province. The province has an approximate population of 545,615 inhabitants. The capital of the province is the city of Huancayo. Geography The Chunta mountain range and the Waytapallana mountain range traverse the province. Some of the highest peaks of the province are listed below:escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Huancayo Province (Junín Region) Some of the largest lakes of the Huancayo Province are Aqchiqucha, Hatunqucha, Quylluqucha, Walsaqucha, Wich'iqucha, Yuraqqucha and Ñawinqucha. Political division The province is divided into 28 districts over an area of 4 711,15 km². [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Tambo District
El Tambo District is one of twenty-eight districts of the province Huancayo in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital''. Retrieved April 11, 2008. Notable people * Tongo (entertainer), born José Abelardo Gutiérrez Alanya (1957), singer and humorist See also * Ankap Wachanan * Putkaqucha * Waytapallana mountain range The Huaytapallana mountain range (possibly from Quechua ''wayta'' wild flower, a little bunch of flowers, ''pallay'' to collect, ''pallana'' an instrument to collect fruit; collectable, ''Waytapallana'' "a place where you collect wild flowers") lie ... References {{coord, 12.0504, S, 75.2213, W, source:wikidata, display=title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quilcas District
Quilcas District is one of twenty-eight districts of the province Huancayo in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital''. Retrieved April 11, 2008. See also * Putkaqucha * Waytapallana mountain range The Huaytapallana mountain range (possibly from Quechua ''wayta'' wild flower, a little bunch of flowers, ''pallay'' to collect, ''pallana'' an instrument to collect fruit; collectable, ''Waytapallana'' "a place where you collect wild flowers") lie ... References {{coord, 11.9381, S, 75.2610, W, source:wikidata, display=title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andes
The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S latitude), and has an average height of about . The Andes extend from north to south through seven South American countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. Along their length, the Andes are split into several ranges, separated by intermediate depressions. The Andes are the location of several high plateaus—some of which host major cities such as Quito, Bogotá, Cali, Arequipa, Medellín, Bucaramanga, Sucre, Mérida, El Alto and La Paz. The Altiplano plateau is the world's second-highest after the Tibetan plateau. These ranges are in turn grouped into three major divisions based on climate: the Tropical Andes, the Dry Andes, and the Wet Andes. The Andes Mountains are the highest m ... [...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] |
Junín Region , during the Peruvian War of Independence in 1824
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Junín may refer to: Places Argentina *Junín Partido **Junín, Buenos Aires *** Junín Airport * Junín Department, Mendoza ** Junín, Mendoza * Junín Department, San Luis *Junín de los Andes, Neuquén Colombia *Junín, Cundinamarca *Junín, Nariño Ecuador *Junín Canton, in Manabí Province Peru *Department of Junín **Junín Province ***Junín, Peru ***Junín District ***Lake Junin, also known as Chinchayqucha ***Junín National Reserve Venezuela * Junín Municipality, Táchira See also * * *Battle of Junín The Battle of Junín was a military engagement of the Peruvian War of Independence, fought in the highlands of the Junín Region on 6 August 1824. The preceding February the royalists had regained control of Lima, and having regrouped in Trujil ... [...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] |
Puywan
Puywan (Quechua for heart of an animal, Hispanicized spelling ''Puihuan'') is a mountain in the northern sector of the Waytapallana mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Junín Region, Huancayo Province, Pariahuanca District, and in the Concepción Province, Comas District. Puywan lies southeast of T'illu T'illu (Quechua for pinch, tweaking, Hispanicized spellings ''Tello, Tillo'') is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the northern part of the main sector of the Waytapallana mountain range. It lies in the Junín Reg ... and northeast of Ch'uspi. References Mountains of Peru Mountains of Junín Region {{Junín-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waytapallana
Huaytapallana (possibly from in the Quechua spelling ''Waytapallana''; ''wayta'' wild flower, a little bunch of flowers, ''pallay'' to collect, ''pallana'' an instrument to collect fruit / collectable, ''Waytapallana'' "a place where you collect wild flowers",) or Lasuntay is the highest peak in the Huaytapallana mountain range in the Andes of Peru.Evelio Echevarría, Cordillera Huaytapallana, Peru, in: The Alpine Journal, 2009, p. 161-167 Its summit reaches about above sea level. The mountain is situated in the Junín Region, Huancayo Province, in the districts of Huancayo Huancayo (; in qu, label=Wanka Quechua, Wankayuq , '(place) with a (sacred) rock') is the capital of Junín Region, in the central highlands of Peru. Location Huancayo is located in Huancayo Province, of which it is also the capital. Sit ... and Pariahuanca.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huancayo Province (Junín Region) References External links Mountains of Peru Mountains of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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