Q'illa Q'illa

Q'illa Q'illa
Q'illa Q'illa

Peru

Elevation 5,049 m (16,565 ft)[1]
Location
Location Peru, Arequipa Region, Castilla Province, Caylloma Province
Range Andes
Coordinates 15°14′55″S 71°56′42″W / 15.24861°S 71.94500°WCoordinates: 15°14′55″S 71°56′42″W / 15.24861°S 71.94500°W

Q'illa Q'illa or Qhilla Qhilla (Quechua q'illa scar,[2] Aymara qhilla scar[3] (in Quechua qhilla or qilla means "lazybones"), the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, "a complex of scars", hispanicized spelling Ccella Ccella) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,049 metres (16,565 ft) high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Castilla Province, Choco District, and in the Caylloma Province, on the border of the districts Caylloma and Tapay.[4]

References

  1. "South America Maps". Joint Operations Graphic. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. 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)
  4. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Caylloma Province 1 (arequipa Region)