Kiwicha (Peru)

Kiwicha

The Qallumayu valley leading to Kiwicha in the background (center)
Highest point
Elevation 5,514 m (18,091 ft) [1]
Coordinates 15°31′14″S 71°45′33″W / 15.52056°S 71.75917°W / -15.52056; -71.75917Coordinates: 15°31′14″S 71°45′33″W / 15.52056°S 71.75917°W / -15.52056; -71.75917 
Geography
Kiwicha
Peru
Location Peru, Arequipa Region
Parent range Andes, Ch'ila

Kiwicha (Quechua for Amaranthus caudatus) or K'iwicha (Quechua for liver)[2] (hispanicized spellings Quehuicha, Quehuisha, Queshihua, Quihuisha) is a mountain in the Ch'ila mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,514 metres (18,091 ft) high (according to another source 5,170 metres (16,962 ft)).[3] It is located in the Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province, Lari District, west of the mountain Mismi.[4]

The river Qallumayu originates south of Kiwicha, between the small lakes Tikllaqucha (Quechua for "two-colored lake", hispanicized Ticllacocha) and Hatunqucha (Quechua for "big lake", hispanicized Jatuncocha) near the little village Kiwicha (Quihnisha). It flows to the south and ends in the Colca River .

References

  1. ↑ archive.is Amazon River : widest and longest
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ www.uni.edu.pe
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Caylloma Province (Arequipa Region)


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