Taruja Pincha

Taruja Pincha
Taruja Pincha

Peru

Elevation 4,800 m (15,700 ft)[1]
Location
Location Peru, Puno Region, Azángaro Province
Range Andes
Coordinates 14°31′41″S 70°04′04″W / 14.52806°S 70.06778°WCoordinates: 14°31′41″S 70°04′04″W / 14.52806°S 70.06778°W

Taruja Pincha (Aymara taruja deer, pincha irrigation channel or ditch,[2] "deer ditch", hispanicized spelling Tarucapincha) or Taruka Pincha (Quechua taruka deer, pincha aqueduct; sewer)[3] is a mountain in the Peruvian Andes, about 4,800 metres (15,748 ft) high. It is located in the Puno Region, Azángaro Province, on the border of the districts Muñani and Potoni.[1]

References

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