Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language
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''puma'' cougar, ''puñuna'' bed, "cougar bed", ''-n'' a suffix, also spelled ''Pumapununan'') is a mountain in the
Cordillera Negra
The Cordillera Negra (Spanish for "black range"), Yana Walla in qechua is part of the ''Cordillera Occidental'', one of three mountain ranges in the Andes of west central Peru. It is almost entirely located within the Ancash Region.
The range ext ...
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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which reaches a height of approximately . It lies in the Ancash Region,
Aija Province
The Aija Province is one of 20 provinces of the Ancash Region in Peru.
Geography
The Cordillera Negra traverses the province. Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:
Political division
Aija is divided into five distr ...
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Aija District
Aija District is one of 5 districts in Aija Province, Ancash Region, Peru. Its population was 2017 as of the 2017 census.
Geography
The District of Aija is located on the western slopes of the Cordillera Negra. It borders on Recuay Province
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, southwest of
Wank'ap'iti
Wank'ap'iti (Quechua ''wank'a'' rock, ''p'iti'' dividing by pulling powerfully to the extremes; gap, interruption, Hispanicized spelling ''Huancapeti, Huancapetí, Huancapete'') is a mountain in the Cordillera Negra in the Andes of Peru. It is s ...