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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] |
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] |
La Raya Mountain Range
The La Raya mountain range (Spanish for ''the line'', ''the limits'', ''the border'') is situated in the Andes of Peru. It extends in a northeasterly direction approximately between 14º 20’ and 14º 33’S and 70º 57’ and 71º 02’W for about 10 km. It is located in the Cusco Region as well as in the Puno Region, northwest of the Peruvian Altiplano and Lake Titicaca, near the La Raya pass. Mountains One of the highest peaks of the range is Chimpulla (). Other mountains are listed below:Peru 1:100,000, Palca 2742, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MDescale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region)Peru 1:100,000, Sicuani 2642 J632 Edition I-DMA, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency * Yana Khuchilla, * Chinchina, * Muskaya, * Kuntur Quta, * Qillqa, * Awkar Utaña, * Huch'uy K'uchu, * Hatun Awkara, * Kunka, * Wila Quta, * Yanaqucha, * Mamanir ... [...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] |
Cusco Region
Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu suyu ), is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de Dios and Puno on the east; Arequipa on the south; and Apurímac, Ayacucho and Junín on the west. Its capital is Cusco, the historical capital of the Inca Empire. Geography The plain of Anta contains some of the best communal cultivated lands of the Department of Cusco. It is located about above sea level and is used to cultivate mainly high altitude crops such as potatoes, tarwi (edible lupin), barley and quinoa. Provinces * Acomayo (Acomayo) * Anta (Anta) * Calca ( Calca) * Canas (Yanaoca) * Canchis (Sicuani) * Chumbivilcas (Santo Tomás) * Cusco (Cusco) * Espinar (Yauri) * La Convención (Quillabamba) * Paruro ( Paruro) * Paucartambo (Paucartambo) * Quispicanchi (Urcos) * Urubamba ( Urubamba) Languages According to the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canas Province
Canas Province is one of thirteen Provinces of Peru, provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru. Geography The La Raya mountain range, La Raya mountain range traverses the province. Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Canas Province and the Melgar Province (Puno Region) Political division The province is divided into eight Districts of Peru, districts ( es, distritos, singular: ''distrito''), each of which is headed by a mayor (''alcalde''). The districts, with their capitals in parenthesis, are: * Checca District, Checca (Checca, Peru, Checca) * Kunturkanki District, Kunturkanki (El Descanso) * Langui District, Langui (Langui) * Layo District, Layo (Layo, Peru, Layo) * Pampamarca District, Canas, Pampamarca (Pampamarca) * Quehue District, Quehue (Quehue) * Túpac Amaru District, Túpac Amaru (Tungasuca) * Yanaoca District, Yanaoca (Yanaoca) Ethnic groups The people in the province are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canchis Province
Canchis Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru. Geography The Willkanuta River or Willkamayu is one of the largest rivers of the province. Siwinaqucha, the biggest lake of the province, is also one of the biggest lakes of Peru. The Willkanuta and La Raya mountain ranges traverse the province. One of the highest peaks of the province is Ausangate. Other mountains are listed below:escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Canchis and La Convención Province (Cusco Region) History After independence, the province was created as ''Tinta Province''. On October 14, 1833, it was divided into two new provinces: Canchis Province and Canas Province. On August 29, 1834, the city of Sicuani became the official capital of Canchis Province. Political division The province is divided into eight districts ( es, distritos, singular: ''distrito''), each of which is headed by a mayor (''alcalde''). The districts, with their capitals in pare ... [...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] |
Layo District
Layo District is one of eight districts in the Canas Province in Peru. The seat of the Layo District is the village Layo. Geography The La Raya mountain range traverses the district. Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region) Ethnic groups The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (90.47%) learnt to speak in childhood, 9.39% 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] |
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] |
Chimpulla
Chimboya or Chimbolla (possibly from Aymara ''Chimpuya'', ''Chimpulla''), Inchurusi ''(Jinchurusi)'', Iruna or Vilcanota (''Willkanuta'') is a mountain in the La Raya mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Canas Province, Layo District and in the Puno Region, Melgar Province, Santa Rosa District. Chimboya lies northeast of the La Raya Pass and the mountain 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 ... and southeast of the mountain Yana Khuchilla. Images File:La Raya (5688184350).jpg, The train Belmond Andean Explorer at La Raya Station with market stalls and the mountain Chimboya in the background References Mountains of Peru Mountains of Cusco Region Mountains of Puno Region {{Puno-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Titicaca. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canas Province, Layo District, and in the Puno Region, Melgar Province, Santa Rosa District, and about high. Kunka lies southwest of the mountains Yana Khuchilla and Chimpulla. Other neighboring mountains are Huch'uy K'uchu north of it and Hatun Ichhuna Kunka Hatun Ichhuna Kunka ( Quechua ''hatun'' big, ''ichhuna'' a sickle to cut off ichhu, "big sickle throat", Hispanicized spellings ''Atun Ichunacunca, Atún Ichunacunca'') is a mountain in the La Raya mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about hi ... in the south. Between the road and the mountain there is a little lake named Q'umirqucha (Quechua ''q'umir'' green, ''qucha'' lake, "green lake", ''Comercocha''). North of Kunka there ... [...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] |
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