Sampu

Sampu
Sampu

Peru

Elevation 5,200 m (17,100 ft)[1]
Location
Location Peru, Puno Region
Range Andes, Willkanuta
Coordinates 14°11′04″S 70°51′43″W / 14.18444°S 70.86194°WCoordinates: 14°11′04″S 70°51′43″W / 14.18444°S 70.86194°W

Sampu (Quechua for knock-kneed / a person with one black and one indigenous parent,[2] hispanicized spelling Sambo) is a mountain in the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. It is situated in the Puno Region, Melgar Province, Nuñoa District. Sampu lies southwest of the mountains Wiqu and Qillwaquta and northwest of the mountain Willupunchu.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region)
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)