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 ...
''qutu'' heap, pile, ''-ni'' a
suffix
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to indicate ownership, "the one with a heap", Hispanicized spellings ''Cotoni, Cutuni''), also called Tiklla (
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
**So ...
for eyelash; two-colored, Hispanicized spellings ''Ticcla, Ticlla'') or Tiqlla (Quechua for 'with alternating colors'), is a mountain in the '' Cordillera Central'' 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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. Strictly speaking the popular name Ticlla refers to a group of peaks of the Qutuni-Ticlla cirque. The highest mountain of the massif is named Qutuni. It lies in a sub-range of the Cordillera Central named Pichqa Waqra (Quechua for "five horns", also spelled ''Pichcahuajra'').
It is located in the
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 Departmen ...
,
Yauyos Province
The Yauyos Province is a Provinces of Peru, province located in the Lima Region of Peru. It is one of the eleven that make up that region.
Boundaries
*North: Huarochirí Province
*East: Junín Region, Huancavelica Region
*South: Ica Region
*West: ...
Tanta
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. It lies on the southern border of the
Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve
The Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve ( es, Reserva Paisajística Nor Yauyos-Cochas) is a protected area in Peru located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province and in the Junín Region, Jauja Province. It lies with the Peruvian Yungas and Central ...
. Ticlla is situated southeast
Aqupallqa
Aqupallqa (Quechua ''aqu'' sand, ''pallqa, p'allqa, p'alqa'' forked, branched, fork, bifurcation, "sand bifurcation", Hispanicized spellings ''Acopalca, Acospalca'') is a mountain in the '' Cordillera Central'' in the Andes of Peru, about high. ...
and the lake named
Tikllaqucha
Ticllacocha (possibly from Quechua ''tiklla'' two-colored / eyelash, ''qucha'' lake, lagoon,) is a lake in Peru located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, Tanta District.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region) It is s ...
, northeast of
Wayna Qutuni
Huayna Cotoni or Wayna Qutuni(Aymara ''wayna'' young (man), bachelor, ''qutu'' heap, pile, ''-ni'' a suffix to indicate ownership ("the one with a heap"), '' Qutuni'' a neighboring mountain, "young Qutuni", Hispanicized spellings ''Huayna Cotoni, ...
("young Qutuni") and north of Llunk'uti and the lake named Wask'aqucha. One of the nearest villages is Qutuni ''(Cutuni)'', situated west of the mountain.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region)