Chuqi Pirwa (Arequipa-Cusco)

This article is about the mountain on the border of the Cusco Region and the Arequipa Region, Peru. For other uses, see Chuqi Pirwa (disambiguation).
Chuqi Pirwa
Chuqi Pirwa

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 4,800 m (15,700 ft) [1]
Coordinates 15°02′35″S 71°23′56″W / 15.04306°S 71.39889°W / -15.04306; -71.39889Coordinates: 15°02′35″S 71°23′56″W / 15.04306°S 71.39889°W / -15.04306; -71.39889
Geography
Location Peru, Arequipa Region, Cusco Region
Parent range Andes

Chuqi Pirwa (Aymara chuqi gold, pirwa, piwra granary,[2][3] Quechua chuqi, metal, every kind of precious metal; gold (<Aymara), pirwa deposit,[4][5] "gold granary" or "metal deposit", hispanicized spelling Choque Pirhua) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 m (15,700 ft) high. It is located in the Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province, Tisco District, and in the Espinar Province, Yauri District. It lies northeast of Jañuma Pirwa and east of Pirwa.[1]

The Pirwamayu (Quechua for "granary river") originates west of the mountain. It flows to the southwest and south as a right affluent of the Qullqa River.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Espinar Province (Cusco 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. ↑ Ministerio de Educación, Dirección National de Educación Bilingue Intercultural, Yatiqirinaka Aru Pirwa, Lima, 2005 (Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  5. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) (5-vowel-system)


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