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Yanama District
Yanama District is one of eight districts of the Yungay Province in Peru. Ethnic groups The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (87.35%) learnt to speak in childhood, 11.36% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish) See also * Kiswar * Pirámide * |
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] |
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] |
Yanarahu (Yanama-Yungay)
Yanarrajo (possibly from Quechua ''yana'' black, ''rahu'' snow, ice, mountain with snow, "black snow peak" is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Yungay Province, in the districts Yanama and Yungay.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yungay Province (Ancash Region) showing "Cerro Yanarrajo" Yanarrajo lies in the Huascarán National Park, south-west of Yanapaccha, near the Llanganuco Lakes __NOTOC__ The Llanganuco Lakes (''Llankanuku'' in Quechua language), Chinancocha and Orconcocha, are situated in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru. They are located in Ancash Region, Yungay Province, Yungay District, about 25 km nort .... References Mountains of Peru Mountains of Ancash Region Huascarán National Park {{Ancash-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanarahu (Asunción-Carhuaz-Yungay)
Contrahierbas, also called Yanarraju (possibly from Quechua ''yana'' black, ''rahu'' snow, ice, mountain with snow) or Ruricocha (possibly from Quechua ''ruri'' inside, Ancash Quechua ''ruri'' interior; inside; deep; valley or little river; ''qucha'' lake),Rubén Alejandro Mejía Méndez, Toponimia del Distrito de Yaután, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, 2007 is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Ancash Region in the provinces Asunción, Carhuaz and Yungay. Contrahierbas is located inside Huascarán National Park, northeast of Hualcán. See also * Quishuar (archaeological site) *Huacramarca Huacramarca or Waqramarka (possibly from Quechua ''waqra'' horn, ''marka'' village)Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary): ''waqra'' - ''s. Cuerno.'' ''marka'' - ''s. Pueb ... * Yanarraju Lake References External links Mountains of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanaphaqcha
Yanapaccha (possibly from Quechua ''yana'' black, ''phaqcha'' waterfall, "black waterfall") is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Yungay Province, in the districts Yanama and Yungay. Yanapaccha lies in the Huascarán National Park, southeast of Chacraraju Chacraraju or Chakraraju (possibly from Quechua ''chakra'' little farm; field, land sown with seed, ''rahu'' snow, ice, mountain with snow)Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictio .... References External links Mountains of Peru Mountains of Ancash Region Glaciers of Peru {{Ancash-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuqtupampa
Tuctubamba or Tuqtubamba (possibly from Quechua ''tuqtu'' broody hen, ''pampa'' a large plain, "broody hen plain") is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Ancash Region, at the border of the Mariscal Luzuriaga Province, Lucma District, the Pomabamba Province, Huayllán District, and the Yungay Province, Yanama District. Tuctubamba lies southeast of Taulliraju.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaylas Province 2 (Ancash Region) See also * Sintiru * Tawlliqucha * Yuraqmayu Santa Cruz, (called Yuraqmayu or Yuracma near its end) is a creek in Peru located in Santa Cruz District, Huaylas Province, Ancash. It is a right tributary of the Santa River. It originates in the Cordillera Blanca southwest of Taulliraju, near ... References Mountains of Ancash Region Mountains of Peru {{Ancash-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pukarahu (Lucma)
Pucaraju or Pukaraju (possibly from Quechua ''puka'' red, ''rahu'' snow, ice, mountain with snow, "red snow-covered mountain")lib.utexas.edu Map of the area showing "Nevado Pucaraju" is a mountain in the in the of , about high. It is situated in the |
Kiswar, Ancash
Quishuar ( Quechua for '' Buddleja incana'') is an archaeological site in Peru. It is situated in the Ancash Region Ancash ( qu, Anqash; es, Áncash ) is a department and region in northern Peru. It is bordered by the departments of La Libertad on the north, Huánuco and Pasco on the east, Lima on the south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Its capital i ..., Yungay Province, in the south of the Yanama District. References Archaeological sites in Ancash Region Archaeological sites in Peru {{SouthAm-archaeology-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Vivienda (Eleventh Population and Sixth Household Census). The previous census performed in Peru was the 2005 Census, the following census was the 2017 Peru Census. Population by region See also *Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI) References External links * {{Official website, http://censos.inei.gob.pe/cpv2007/tabulados/ Censuses in Peru Demographics of Peru 2007 in Peru 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 ... [...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] |
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