Chuqi Pirwa (Cusco-Puno)

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

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,200 m (17,100 ft) [1]
Coordinates 15°16′21″S 70°58′31″W / 15.27250°S 70.97528°W / -15.27250; -70.97528Coordinates: 15°16′21″S 70°58′31″W / 15.27250°S 70.97528°W / -15.27250; -70.97528
Geography
Location Peru, Cusco Region, Puno 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 Choquepirhua) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,200 m (17,100 ft) high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Espinar Province, Condoroma District, and in the Puno Region, Lampa Province, Ocuviri District. Chuqi Pirwa lies southwest of Sawanani Lake (Saguanani) and northwest of Qullqi Q'awa.[1][6]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Lampa 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. ↑ 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)
  6. ↑ Peru 1:100,000, Ocuviri 2740, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD


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