Uqi Uqi

Uqi Uqi
Uqi Uqi

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1]
Coordinates 12°23′32″S 75°39′21″W / 12.39222°S 75.65583°W / -12.39222; -75.65583Coordinates: 12°23′32″S 75°39′21″W / 12.39222°S 75.65583°W / -12.39222; -75.65583
Geography
Location Peru, Lima Region
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Central

Uqi Uqi (Aymara for a species of plant,[2] uqi brown, grey brown,[3] Quechua uqi lead, lead-colored,[4] the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, "a complex of grey-brown color" or "a lot of lead", also spelled Oque Oque) is a mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately 5,000 metres (16,404 ft). It is located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, Laraos District. Uqi Uqi lies northeast of Wamp'una and T'uruyuq.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region)
  2. ↑ Gabriel Martínez, Toponimos de Chuani: Organisación y significación del Territorio (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ 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)
  4. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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