Pisti

Pisti (Aymara and Quechua for influenca, a common cold or plague,[2][3][4] also spelled Piste) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,100 metres (16,732 ft) high. It is located in the Apurímac Region, Antabamba Province, Sabaino District, and in the Aymaraes Province, on the border of the districts of Caraybamba and Chalhuanca. Pisti lies northwest of Kiswarani.[1]

Pisti
Pisti
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,100 m (16,700 ft)[1]
Coordinates14°19′45″S 73°04′50″W
Geography
LocationPeru, Apurímac Region, Antabamba Province, Aymaraes Province
Parent rangeAndes

References

  1. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Antabamba Province (Apurímac Region)
  2. Yatiqirinaka Aru Pirwa, Lima, 2005 (Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  3. Ina Vandebroek, Evert Thomas, Sabino Sanca, Patrick Van Damme, Luc Van Puyvelde, Norbert De Kimpe, Comparison of health conditions treated with traditional and biomedical health care in a Quechua community in rural Bolivia, J Ethnobiol Ethnomed. 2008; 4: 1
  4. Gary Parker and others, English-Quechua Dictionary--Cuzco, Ayacucho, Cochabamba, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1064 (see: Plague)


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