Chuqichampi

Chuqichampi
Chuqichampi
Location within Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1]
Coordinates 14°38′18″S 69°19′39″W / 14.63833°S 69.32750°W / -14.63833; -69.32750Coordinates: 14°38′18″S 69°19′39″W / 14.63833°S 69.32750°W / -14.63833; -69.32750 
Geography
Location Peru
Parent range Andes, Apolobamba

Chuqichampi (Aymara chuqi gold, champi mushroom, Quechua chuqi precious metal, champi bronze, chuqichampi the name of a flower,[2][3][4] also spelled Choquechambi) is a mountain in the Apolobamba mountain range in Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is situated in the Puno Region, Putina Province, on the border of the Ananea District and the Sina District. Chuqichampi lies northwest of Rit'i Urmasqa and southeast of Rit'ipata, Chapi and Yana Uma.[1]

Chuqichampi is also the name of a river. It originates northwest of the mountain near Rit'ipata from where it flows to the northwest.

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Putina Province (Puno 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. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ Egidia Corrales Lozano, El ritual de la cosecha de papa en la comunidad de Conde, Canas, Lima 2006, p. 17


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