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Willkaqucha
Willkaqucha (Quechua ''willka'' grandchild / great-grandson / lineage / minor god in the Inca culture, an image of the Willkanuta valley worshipped as God / holy, sacred, divine, ''willka'' or ''wilka'' ''Anadenanthera colubrina'' (a tree), ''qucha'' lake)Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) hispanicized spelling ''Vilcacocha'') is a lake in Peru. It is located in the Lima Region, Huaral Province, Andamarca District.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaral Province (Lima Region) See also * Yanawayin Lake Yanawayin (Quechua ''yana'' black, Ancash Quechua ''wayi'' house, "black house", ''-n'' a suffix, other spellings ''Yanahuain, Yanahuin, Yanahuni, Yanahuani'') is a lake in the central Peruvian Andes. It lies in the Lima Region, Huaral Provinc ... References Lakes of Peru Lakes of Lima Region {{Peru-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huaral Province
The Huaral Province is one of the nine provinces in the Lima Region of Peru. It was created by Law No. 21488 on May 11, 1976 by president Francisco Morales Bermúdez out of eight districts of the Canta Province and four of the Huaura Province. Geographically, its territory extends around the valley of the Chancay River from the mountainous frontier of the Pasco Region and Junín Region up to the Pacific Ocean. Geography The Puwaq Hanka mountain range traverses the province. Some of the highest peaks of the province are listed below:escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaral Province (Lima Region) Political division The province is divided into twelve districts (Spanish: distritos, singular: distrito): * Huaral * Atavillos Alto * Atavillos Bajo * Aucallama * Chancay * Ihuari * 27 de Noviembre * Lampian * Pacaraos * Santa Cruz de Andamarca * Sumbilca * San Miguel de Acos Attractions * Lomas de Lachay - national reserve. * Huando oranges were Huaral's most importan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Cruz De Andamarca District
Santa Cruz de Andamarca District is one of twelve districts of the province Huaral in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática The Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI) ("National Institute of Statistics and Informatics") is a semi-autonomous Peruvian government agency which coordinates, compiles, and evaluates statistical information for the country .... Banco de Información Distrital''. Retrieved April 11, 2008. See also * Puwaq Hanka * Puwaq Hanka mountain range * Willkaqucha * Yana Uqsha * Yanawayin Lake * Chungar Mine References {{coord, 11, 11, 39, S, 76, 38, 03, W, region:PE_type:adm3rd_source:kolossus-itwiki, display=title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanawayin Lake
Yanawayin ( Quechua ''yana'' black, Ancash Quechua ''wayi'' house, "black house", ''-n'' a suffix, other spellings ''Yanahuain, Yanahuin, Yanahuni, Yanahuani'') is a lake in the central Peruvian Andes. It lies in the Lima Region, Huaral Province, Andamarca District, near the village of Yanawayin ''(Yanahuain)''.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaral Province (Lima Region) showing the lake (unnamed) near the village of Yanawayin ''(Yanahuain)'' and near the destroyed village of Chungar The lake is situated at an altitude of about . Landslide The site made world headlines in 1971 when on March 18 a rock avalanche of fell from an outcrop of jointed limestone about above the lake. It created a wave of that destroyed the Chungar Mine camp on the shore, owned by the Mining Company (Cia Minera Chungar, S.A.), destroyed all the mines' surface facilities, and killed 200–600 miners. See also * Willkaqucha Willkaqucha (Quechua ''willka'' grandchild / great-grandson / lin ... [...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] |
Lima Region
The Department of Lima () is a department and region located in the central coast of Peru, the ''seat of the Regional Government'' is Huacho. Lima Province, which contains the city of Lima, the country's capital, is located west of the Department of Lima; this province is autonomous and not under the jurisdiction of the Regional Government. Geography The department of Lima is bordered by the departments of Ancash on the north, Huánuco, Pasco, and Junín on the east, Huancavelica on the southeast, Ica on the south, and the Pacific Ocean and the Lima Province on the west. The department has a coastal and an Andean zone, and has a great diversity of natural regions: the Coast or ''Chala'' (0 to 500 meters above sea level) up to the ''Janka'' or ''Mountain range'' ( es, Cordillera, over 4800 meters). The predominating regions are the ''Yunga'' (500 to 2300 meters above sea level) and ''Quechua'' (2300 to 3500 meters) Points of interest Lachay National Reserve The Lachay Natio ... [...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] |
Anadenanthera Colubrina
''Anadenanthera colubrina'' (also known as vilca, huilco, huilca, wilco, willka, curupay, curupau, cebil, or angico) is a South American tree closely related to yopo, or ''Anadenanthera peregrina''. It grows to tall and the trunk is very thorny. The leaves are mimosa-like, up to in length and they fold up at night. In Argentina, ''A. colubrina'' produces flowers from September to December and bean pods from September to July. In Brazil ''A. colubrina'' has been given "high priority" conservation status. Nomenclature ''Anadenanthera colubrina'' is known by many names throughout South America. In Peru it is known as ''willka'' (also spelled ''wilca,'' ''vilca'' and ''huilca'') which in the Quechua languages means "sacred". Geography ''A. colubrina'' is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Cuba, and Mauritius. Natural growing conditions ''A. colubrina'' grows at altitudes of about with roughly per year of precipitation and a mean temperature ... [...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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