Taypi Q'awa

Taypi Q'awa
Taypi Q'awa

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1]
Coordinates 14°53′07″S 72°27′01″W / 14.88528°S 72.45028°W / -14.88528; -72.45028Coordinates: 14°53′07″S 72°27′01″W / 14.88528°S 72.45028°W / -14.88528; -72.45028
Geography
Location Peru, Arequipa Region, La Unión Province
Parent range Andes, Wansu

Taypi Q'awa (Aymara taypi center, middle, q'awa little river, ditch, crevice, fissure, gap in the earth,[2][3] "middle brook" or "middle ravine", hispanicized spelling Taipicahua) is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 m (16,404 ft) high. It is located in the Arequipa Region, La Unión Province, Puyca District, east of Ikmaqucha.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the La Unión Province (Arequipa 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. ↑ "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, Para: Tercera Edición". Félix Layme Pairumani. Retrieved June 8, 2015.


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