Wamanchuqi

Wamanchuqi
Wamanchuqi

Peru

Elevation 5,156 m (16,916 ft)[1]
Location
Location Cusco, Peru
Range Urupampa mountain range
Coordinates 13°15′25″S 72°00′42″W / 13.25694°S 72.01167°WCoordinates: 13°15′25″S 72°00′42″W / 13.25694°S 72.01167°W

Wamanchuqi (Quechua waman falcon or variable hawk, chuqi metal, every kind of precious metal / gold (<Aymara),<ref>Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)

</ref>[2] hispanicized spelling Huamanchoque) is a 5,156 metres (16,916 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. Wamanchuqi lies at the Kancha Kancha valley (Cancha Cancha) where the Lares trek route passes by. It is situated south of the mountain Kancha Kancha Q'asa, south-west of the mountains Sawasiray and Kuntur Wachana, and north of a lower peak named Kuntur Wachana. One of the nearest towns is Huayllabamba.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Mapa de peligros de la ciudad de Calca, Informe final, Proyecto INDECI – PNUD PER / 02/ 051, Ciudades sostenibles (see map of Calca)
  2. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Urubamba Province (Cusco Region)