Kancha Kancha Q'asa

Kancha Kancha Q'asa

Kancha Kancha Q'asa
Elevation 4,987 m (16,362 ft)[1]
Location
Kancha Kancha Q'asa

Peru

Location Peru, Cusco Region
Range Urupampa mountain range
Coordinates 13°13′12″S 72°0′32″W / 13.22000°S 72.00889°WCoordinates: 13°13′12″S 72°0′32″W / 13.22000°S 72.00889°W

Kancha Kancha Q'asa (Quechua kancha enclosure, enclosed place, yard, a frame, or wall that encloses, q'asa mountain pass,[2][3] the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, "Kancha Kancha mountain pass", hispanicized spelling Canchacanchajasa) is a 4,987 metres (16,362 ft) high mountain in the Urupampa mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Calca District, north of the Willkanuta River. Kancha Kancha Q'asa is situated south-east of the mountain Siriwani, north of the mountains Kuntur Wachana and Wamanchuqi and south-west of the mountain Sawasiray. It lies in the upper part of the Kancha Kancha valley[4] (Cancha Cancha) at the Lares trek.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Mapa de peligros de la ciudad de Calca, Informe final, Proyecto INDECI – PNUD PER / 02/ 051, Ciudades sostenibles (see map of Calca, unnamed)
  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)
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Calca Province (Cusco Region)