Chuqipirwa (Cusco-Puno)

For the mountain in the Arequipa Region, Peru, see Chuqipirwa.
Chuqipirwa
Chuqipirwa

Peru

Elevation 5,200 m (17,100 ft)[1]
Location
Location Peru, Cusco Region, Puno Region
Range Andes
Coordinates 15°16′21″S 70°58′31″W / 15.27250°S 70.97528°WCoordinates: 15°16′21″S 70°58′31″W / 15.27250°S 70.97528°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 Andes of Peru, about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Espinar Province, Condoroma District, and in the Puno Region, Lampa Province, Ocuviri District. Chuqipirwa lies southwest of Sawanani Lake (Saguanani) and northwest of the mountain Qullqi Q'awa.[1][5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Lampa Province (Puno 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)
  5. Peru 1:100,000, Ocuviri 2740, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD