Wamanripa (Huarochirí-San Damian)

This article is about the mountain in the districts of Huarochirí and San Damian in the Huarochirí Province, Lima Region, Peru. For other uses, see Wamanripa (disambiguation).
Wamanripa
Wamanripa

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft)[1]
Coordinates 11°57′30″S 76°14′40″W / 11.95833°S 76.24444°W / -11.95833; -76.24444Coordinates: 11°57′30″S 76°14′40″W / 11.95833°S 76.24444°W / -11.95833; -76.24444
Geography
Location Peru, Lima Region
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Central

Wamanripa (local name for Senecio or a species of it,[2][3] also applied for Laccopetalum giganteum, hispanicized spelling Huamanripa) is a mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is situated in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, on the border of the districts of Huarochirí and San Damian. It lies west of a lake named Chumpiqucha (Chumpicocha).

The intermittent stream of the Wamanripa valley on the southern side of the mountain flows to Mala River.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huarochirí Province (Lima Region)
  2. Louis Girault: Kallawaya - guérisseurs itinérants des Andes. Recherches sur les pratiques médicinales et magiques. Paris 1984. p. 89 (kkana), 91, 467 (wamanripa)
  3. Primer Curso Nacional de Plantas Medicinales y Fitoterapia: FITO 2001, 06-12 agosto del 2001, conferencias y mesas redondas. Instituto de Fitoterapia Americano, 2001. p. 16. huamanripa: Senecio tephrosioides, Senecio vulgaris
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