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Sinqa Wayq'u
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. 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 the nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quechua Language
Quechua (, ; ), usually called ("people's language") in Quechuan languages, is an 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 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 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 Inca Empire. The Inca were one among many peoples in present-day Peru who alread ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 = "Firm and Happy for the Union" , national_anthem = "National Anthem of Peru" , march = "March of Flags" , image_map = PER orthographic.svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Lima , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , official_languages = Peruvian Spanish, Spanish , languages_type = Co-official languages , languages = , ethnic_groups = , ethnic_groups_year = 2017 , demonym = Peruvians, Peruvian , government_type = Unitary state, Unitary Semi-presidential system, semi-presidential republic , leader_title1 = President of Peru, President ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cusco Region
Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu suyu ), 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 on the east; Arequipa on the south; and Apurímac, Ayacucho and Junín on the west. Its capital is Cusco, the historical capital of the Inca Empire. Geography The plain of Anta contains some of the best communal cultivated lands of the Department of Cusco. It is located about above sea level and is used to cultivate mainly high altitude crops such as potatoes, tarwi (edible lupin), barley and quinoa. Provinces * Acomayo ( Acomayo) * Anta (Anta) * Calca (Calca) * Canas (Yanaoca) * Canchis (Sicuani) * Chumbivilcas (Santo Tomás) * Cusco (Cusco) * Espinar (Yauri) * La Convención ( Quillabamba) * Paruro ( Paruro) * Paucartambo ( Paucartambo) * Quispicanchi ( Urcos) * Urubamba ( Urubamba) Languages According ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, 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 K'uchu at a height of . At first its direction is to the north. South of the mountain Wamanripa it turns to the northeast. It receives waters from the confluence with Sinqa Wayq'u. Near the town of Santo Tomás it turns to the north again. The confluence wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santo Tomás District, Chumbivilcas
Santo Tomás District is one of eight districts of the province Chumbivilcas in Peru. Geography The 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 citizens of Quechua descent. 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 (2007 Peru Census). INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish) See also * Chukchu * |
Chumbivilcas Province
Chumbivilcas is a province in the Andes in South Peru. The Inca called it "Chumpiwillka". The seat of the province is Santo Tomás. Officially Chumbivilcas was founded on June 21, 1825. Geography Some of the most important rivers of the area are Velille River, Qañawimayu and Sinqa Wayq'u which are springs of the Apurímac River. The Wansu mountain range traverses the province. Some of the highest peaks of the province are listed below: Population According to the Peru 2005 Census 77,721 inhabitants live in an area of 5,371.08 km². There are about 77 rural communities. Chumbivilcas is looked upon as one of the poorest regions of the country. Half of the population is younger than 16 years. In the rural communities families with eight and more children are not unusual. Ethnic groups The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (91.07%) learnt to speak in childhood, 8. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apurímac River
The Apurímac River ( que, Apurimaq mayu; es, Río Apurímac, ; from Quechua ''apu'' 'divinity' and ''rimaq'' 'oracle, talker') 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 3,000 m, twice as deep as the Grand Canyon, its course interrupted by falls and rapids. Of the six attempts so far to travel the Apurímac in its full length, 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 above sea level, it becomes the Tambo River; when it joins the Urubamba at above sea level the river becomes the Ucayali, which is the main headstream of the Amazon. Sometimes the complete river from its source to its junction with the Ucayali, includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puka Puka (Chumbivilcas)
Puka Puka ( Quechua ''puka'' red, the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, "a complex of red color", also spelled ''Pucapuca'') is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately . It is located in the Cusco Region, Chumbivilcas Province, Santo Tomás District. Puka Puka lies southeast of Wiska Tunqu. The Sinqa Wayq'u 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 ' ... ("nose brook") originates near the mountain. Its waters flow to the Apurímac River. References Mountains of Peru Mountains of Cusco Region {{Cusco-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 **** Río de Las Piedras or Tacuatimanu, 621 km *****Pariamanu River ****Inambari River, 437 km **** Manú River ** Purús River, 483 km *** Acre River *** Iaco River or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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