Qillqata (Condesuyos-La Unión)

Qillqata
Qillqata

Peru

Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft)[1]
Location
Location Peru, Arequipa Region, Condesuyos Province, La Unión Province
Range Andes, Wansu
Coordinates 14°59′37″S 72°24′37″W / 14.99361°S 72.41028°WCoordinates: 14°59′37″S 72°24′37″W / 14.99361°S 72.41028°W

Qillqata (Aymara qillqaña to write,[2] -ta a suffix to indicate the participle, "written" or "something written", hispanicized Quelcata) is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is located in the Condesuyos Province, Cayarani District, and in the La Unión Province, Puyca District. Qillqata lies southeast of the mountain Pilluni, southwest of the mountain Janq'u Q'awa and east of the mountain Ch'uwañuma.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the La Unión Province (Arequipa Region)
  2. 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)