Yanawaqra

For the mountain named Yanawaqra or Wamashrahu in the Ancash Region, Peru, see Wamashrahu.
Yanawaqra
Yanawaqra

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 4,730 m (15,520 ft)[1]
Coordinates 13°52′58″S 74°36′18″W / 13.88278°S 74.60500°W / -13.88278; -74.60500Coordinates: 13°52′58″S 74°36′18″W / 13.88278°S 74.60500°W / -13.88278; -74.60500
Geography
Location Peru, Ayacucho Region, Huanca Sancos Province
Parent range Andes

Yanawaqra (Quechua yana black, waqra horn,[2] "black horn", Hispanicized spelling Yanahuaccra) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,730 metres (15,518 ft) high. It is situated in the Ayacucho Region, Huanca Sancos Province, on the border of the districts Lucanamarca and Sancos.[3]

See also

References

  1. Gobierno Regional de Ayacucho, Programa Regional de Irrigación y Desarrollo Rural – PRIDER, Estudio a Nivel de Factibilidad del Proyecto: "Construcción del Sistema Integral Irrigación Caracha", 2013, p. 76: Cuadro Nº 2.5:Principales Elevaciones geográficas en Sancos (Fuente: PDC - Municipalidad Distrital de Sancos, 2004)
  2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huanca Sancos Province (Ayacucho Region)


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