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Qañawimayu
Qañawimayu (Quechua '' qañawi, qañiwa, qañawa'' a cereal from the family Chenopodiaceae, ''mayu'' river, "''qañawi'' river", hispanicized spelling ''Cañahuymayo'') which upstream is called Cayacti and downstream successively is named Jaraucata, Qullpa ''(Collpa)'', Yawina ''(Yavina)'' and Santo Tomás River is a river in Peru. It is located in the Apurímac Region, Cotabambas Province, and in the Cusco Region Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; ), 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 ..., Chumbivilcas Province and Paruro Province.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Paruro Province (Cusco Region) It belongs to the Apurímac watershed. Qañawimayu originates in the south-west of the Santo Tomás District in the Chumbivilcas Province of the Cusco Region between the mountains Minasniyuq and Qullpa ...
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Sinqa Wayq'u
The Sinqa Wayq'u (Quechua ''sinqa'' nose, ''wayq'u'' brook or valley, "nose brook (or valley)", Hispanicized spelling ''Senjahuayjo'') which upstream successively is named Urqulla Wayq'u ''(Orjollahuayjo)'', Ancha Pallqa ''(Anchapallja)'', Wankarama ''(Huancarama)'' and Waraqu ''(Huarajo)'' is a river in the Cusco Region of Peru. It is located in the Chumbivilcas Province, Santo Tomás District. It belongs to the watershed of the Apurímac River. The Sinqa Wayq'u originates at a height of near a mountain named Puka Puka in the south of the Santo Tomás District. Known as Urqulla Wayq'u it flows to a lake named Quchapata ''(Ccochapata)'' in the northeast. After leaving the lake it changes its name to Ancha Pallqa, and after receiving waters from Pallqa Wayq'u ''(Palljahuajo)'' it is named Wankarama. The river keeps the northeastern direction up to its confluence with the Waraqu River (''waraqu'' means "cactus"). From now on the river takes the name Waraqu and its direction is to ...
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Minasniyuq (Arequipa-Cusco)
Minasniyuq (Spanish ''minas'' mines, Quechua ''-ni'', ''-yuq'' suffixes, "the one with mines", Hispanicized spelling ''Minasniyoc'') is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, La Unión Province, Puyca District, and in the Cusco Region, Chumbivilcas Province, Santo Tomás District. It lies northwest of the mountain Qullpa K'uchu. The river Qañawimayu originates between the mountains Minasniyuq and Qullpa K'uchu at a height of .Ministerio de Agricultura, Mapa hidrográfico e inventario de fuentes de aguas superficiales en el ámbito del ATDR Sicuani, Sicuani, 2005 It is an important tributary of the Apurímac River The Apurímac River ( ; , ; from Quechua ''apu'' 'chief' and ''rimaq'' 'the one who speaks, oracle', thus 'the chief oracle') rises from glacial meltwater of the ridge of the Mismi, a mountain in the Arequipa Province in the south-western mo ..., the source of the Amazon River. S ...
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Santo Tomás District, Chumbivilcas
Santo Tomás District is one of eight Districts of Peru, districts of the province Chumbivilcas Province, Chumbivilcas in Peru. Geography The Wansu mountain range, Wansu mountain range traverses the district. Some of the highest peaks of the district are listed below: Ethnic groups The people in the district are mainly Indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous citizens of Quechua people, Quechua descent. Quechua language, Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (85.05%) learnt to speak in childhood, 14.63% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language, Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).inei.gob.pe
INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)


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Apurímac River
The Apurímac River ( ; , ; from Quechua ''apu'' 'chief' and ''rimaq'' 'the one who speaks, oracle', thus 'the chief oracle') rises from glacial meltwater of the ridge of the Mismi, a mountain in the Arequipa Province in the south-western mountain ranges of Peru, from the village Caylloma, and less than from the Pacific coast. It flows generally northwest past Cusco in narrow gorges with depths of up to , almost twice as deep as the Grand Canyon The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States. The Grand Canyon is long, up to wide and attains a depth of over a mile (). The canyon and adjacent rim are contained within Grand Canyon Nati ..., its course interrupted by falls and rapids. Of the six attempts to travel the full length of the Apurímac so far, only two have been successful. After , the Apurímac joins the Mantaro River and becomes the Ene River, above sea level; then after joining the Perené River at ...
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Wamanripa (Cusco)
Wamanripa (local name for ''Senecio'' or a species of it,Primer Curso Nacional de Plantas Medicinales y Fitoterapia: FITO 2001, 06-12 agosto del 2001, conferencias y mesas redondas. Instituto de Fitoterapia Americano, 2001. p. 16. ''huamanripa: Senecio tephrosioides, Senecio vulgaris'' also applied for ''Laccopetalum giganteum'', Hispanicized spelling ''Huamanripa'') is a mountainous complex in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Chumbivilcas Province, Santo Tomás District. Wamanripa lies southeast of the mountain Chankuwaña and east of the mountains Waytani and Uturunku. The highest peak of Wamanripa lies in the northeast of the massif at the Wamanripa valley. The slightly lower northwest peak lies at . One of the highest peaks southwest of the main peak lies at . The river Qañawimayu Qañawimayu (Quechua '' qañawi, qañiwa, qañawa'' a cereal from the family Chenopodiaceae, ''mayu'' river, "''qañawi'' river", ...
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Qullpa K'uchu
Qullpa K'uchu or Qullpak'uchu (Quechua ''qullpa'' salpeter, ''k'uchu'' corner "salpeter corner", Hispanicized spelling ''Cullpacucho'') is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, La Unión Province, Puyca District, and in the Cusco Region, Chumbivilcas Province, Santo Tomás District, and in the La Unión Province, Puyca District. It lies east of the mountain Minasniyuq. The river Qañawimayu originates between the mountains Minasniyuq and Qullpa K'uchu at a height of .Ministerio de Agricultura, Mapa hidrográfico e inventario de fuentes de aguas superficiales en el ámbito del ATDR Sicuani, Sicuani, 2005 It is an important tributary of the Apurímac River The Apurímac River ( ; , ; from Quechua ''apu'' 'chief' and ''rimaq'' 'the one who speaks, oracle', thus 'the chief oracle') rises from glacial meltwater of the ridge of the Mismi, a mountain in the Arequipa Province in the south-western m ...
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Quechua Language
Quechua (, ), also called (, 'people's language') in Southern Quechua, is an Indigenous languages of the Americas, indigenous language family that originated in central Peru and thereafter spread to other countries of the Andes. Derived from a common ancestral "Proto-Quechuan language, Proto-Quechua" language, it is today the most widely spoken Pre-Columbian era, pre-Columbian language family of the Americas, with the number of speakers estimated at 8–10 million speakers in 2004,Adelaar 2004, pp. 167–168, 255. and just under 7 million from the most recent census data available up to 2011. Approximately 13.9% (3.7 million) of Peruvians speak a Quechua language. Although Quechua began expanding many centuries before the Inca Empire, Incas, that previous expansion also meant that it was the primary language family within the Inca Empire. The Spanish also tolerated its use until the Peruvian War of Independence, Peruvian struggle for independence in the 1780s. As a result, var ...
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Rivers Of Peru
This is a list of rivers of Peru, that are at least partially in Peru. The Peruvian government has published guidelines for the preparation of river flow studies in April 2015. Longest rivers The lengths of the following 10 rivers are according to a 2005 statistical publication by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática listing the 44 most important rivers of Peru. By Drainage Basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Rivers longer than 400 kilometers are in bold font. Atlantic Ocean *Amazon River **''Madeira River'' (Brazil) ***Madre de Dios River ****''Orthon River'' (Bolivia) *****Tahuamanu River ******Muymano River *****Mamuripi River ******Manuripe River ****Heath River ****Tambopata River, 402 km ****Las Piedras River (Peru), Río de Las Piedras or Tacuatimanu, 621 km *****Pariamanu River ****Inambari River, 437 km ****Manú River **Purús River, 483 km ***Acre Rive ...
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Huanoquite District
Huanoquite District is one of nine districts of the province Paruro 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 (94.33%) learnt to speak in childhood, 5.21% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).inei.gob.pe
INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)


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Ramón A. Chaparro Ramón Arístides Chaparro Echave (Huanoquite District, Molle Molle; — Cuzco; ) was a Peruvian politician. He ser ...
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Ccapi District
Ccapi District is one of nine districts of the Paruro 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 (96.39%) learnt to speak in childhood, 3.25% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (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 Vivie ...). Geography One of the highest peaks of the district is Tawqa Urqu at . Other mountains are listed below:escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Paruro Province (Cusco Region) References Districts of the Paruro province {{Cusco-geo-stub ...
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Tambobamba District
Tambobamba (from Quechua Tampu Pampa, meaning "''tambo'' plain") is one of the six districts of the Cotabambas Province in Peru. Geography One of the highest peaks of the district is Willulluni at approximately . Other mountains are listed below: Ethnic groups The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (89.70%) learnt to speak in childhood, 10.11% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (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 Vivie ...).inei.gob.pe
INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, F ...
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