Huachuhuilca

Huachuhuilca (Quechua wachu ridge between two furrows row, willka grandchild, great-grandson, lineage, sacred, divine or Anadenanthera colubrina (a tree))[2][3][4] is a 5,315-metre-high (17,438 ft) mountain in the Huanzo mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, La Unión Province, Puyca District, southwest of Lake Ecma.[1][5]

Huachuhuilca
Huachuhuilca
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,315 m (17,438 ft)[1]
Coordinates14°54′42″S 72°33′35″W
Geography
LocationPeru, Arequipa Region, La Unión Province
Parent rangeAndes, Huanzo

References

  1. "Cerro Huachuhuilca". IGN, Peru. Archived from the original on February 19, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. Mariko Namba Walter,Eva Jane Neumann Fridman, Shamanism: An Encyclopedia of World Beliefs, Practices, and Culture, Vol. 1, p. 439 willka or vilca (Anadenanthera peregrina and Anadenanthera colubrina)
  5. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the La Unión Province (Arequipa Region)


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