Sampu

Sampu
Sampu

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,200 m (17,100 ft) [1]
Coordinates 14°11′04″S 70°51′43″W / 14.18444°S 70.86194°W / -14.18444; -70.86194Coordinates: 14°11′04″S 70°51′43″W / 14.18444°S 70.86194°W / -14.18444; -70.86194
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region
Parent range Andes, Willkanuta

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 Wiqu and Qillwa Quta and northwest of Willu Punchu.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 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)
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