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Kiswarani Q'asa (
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''kiswara'' ''
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'', ''-ni'' a
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to indicate ownership, ''kiswarani'' "the one with ''kiswara''",
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''q'asa'' mountain pass, "Kiswarani mountain pass" or "mountain pass with ''kiswara''", Hispanicized spelling ''Quisuaraniccasa'') is a mountain in the
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of
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. Its summit reaches about above sea level. The mountain is located 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 ...
, Espinar Province, Coporaque District. Kiswarani Q'asa lies on a long ridge which extents from west to east along the river Kirwamayu ''(Querhuamayo)'' south of it. Kiswarani ''(Quishuarani)'' is the name of a stream which flows from the ridge down to Kirwamayu. The peaks east of Kiswarani Q'asa are named Wamanwachana ''(Huamanhuachana)'' and Kirwa ''(Querhua)''.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Espinar Province (Cusco Region)


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