Casiri (possibly from
Aymara
Aymara may refer to:
Languages and people
* Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language
** Aymara language, the main language within that family
** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...
for bawler,
[Juan Carlos Mamani Morales, Cuentos de Parinacota, 2009, p. 48: ''Casiri: del aymara q'asiri, gritador/a'')] is a mountain in the
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 ...
of
Peru
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, about high. It is located in the
Arequipa Region
Arequipa ( ay, Ariqipa; qu, Ariqipa) is a department and region in southwestern Peru. It is the sixth largest department in Peru, after Puno, Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto, its sixth most populous department, and its eleventh least ...
,
Castilla Province
Castilla Province is one of eight provinces in the Arequipa Region of Peru. It was named after Ramón Castilla.
Geography
The Chila mountain range traverses the province. One of the highest mountains of the province is Coropuna at above sea le ...
, on the border of the districts of
Chachas and
Choco.
[escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Castilla Province (Arequipa Region)] Casiri lies in the western part of the
Chila mountain range in the
Arequipa Region
Arequipa ( ay, Ariqipa; qu, Ariqipa) is a department and region in southwestern Peru. It is the sixth largest department in Peru, after Puno, Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto, its sixth most populous department, and its eleventh least ...
, south of
Chila,
Choquepirhua and
Yuraccacsa, and northeast of
Cerani.
References
Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Arequipa Region
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