Chuqipirwa

For the mountain on the border of the Cusco Region and the Puno Region, Peru, see Chuqipirwa (Cusco-Puno).
Chuqipirwa
Chuqipirwa

Peru

Elevation 5,400 m (17,700 ft)[1]
Location
Location Peru, Arequipa Region, Castilla Province
Range Andes, Ch'ila
Coordinates 15°25′23″S 72°10′5″W / 15.42306°S 72.16806°WCoordinates: 15°25′23″S 72°10′5″W / 15.42306°S 72.16806°W

Chuqipirwa (Quechua chuqi, metal, every kind of precious metal / gold (<Aymara), pirwa deposit,[2][3][4] "metal deposit", hispanicized spelling Choquepirhua) is a mountain in the Ch'ila mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,400 metres (17,717 ft) high. It lies in the Arequipa Region, Castilla Province, on the border of the districts Chachas and Choco. Chuqipirwa is situated south of the mountain Ch'ila.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Caylloma Province 1 (Arequipa Region)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) (5-vowel-system)
  4. ↑ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)