Mawruma

Mawruma
Mawruma

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,242 m (17,198 ft) [1]
Coordinates 16°38′56″S 70°00′08″W / 16.64889°S 70.00222°W / -16.64889; -70.00222Coordinates: 16°38′56″S 70°00′08″W / 16.64889°S 70.00222°W / -16.64889; -70.00222
Geography
Location Peru, Moquegua Region, Puno Region
Parent range Andes

Mawruma (Aymara mawri a little fish which lives in the Altiplano, uma water,[2] "mawri water(s)", possibly erroneously also spelled Maruma) is a 5,242-metre (17,198 ft) high mountain in the Peruvian Andes. It is situated in the Moquegua Region, Mariscal Nieto Province, Carumas District, and in the Puno Region, El Collao Province, Santa Rosa District. Mawruma lies southwest of the mountain Jisk'a Mawruma ("little Mawruma", Jiscamauroma), northwest of Chuqi Quta and Qiwña Milluku, and southeast of Qina Qinani. Southeast of Mawruma an intermittent stream named Mawrini ("the one with mawri", Maurini) originates. It flows to the northeast.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Municipalidad Provincial de Mariscal Nieto, Ley Orgánica 27972 del 26-05-2003, Ley 8230 del 03-04-36, Ordenanza Municipal No 018-2009-MPMN
  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. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the El Collao Province (Puno Region)


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