Waqrawiri

Waqrawiri (Quechua waqra horn, wiri lasso,[3] "horn lasso", Hispanicized spelling Huajrahuire) or Waxra Wiri (Aymara waxra horn, wiri (a part of) a foot plough)[4] is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,425 metres (17,799 ft) high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Castilla Province, Orcopampa District. Waqrawiri lies northwest of the lake Machuqucha and south of the river Millumayu[5] (Quechua for aluminium sulfate river,<ref> Hispanicized Millomayo).

Waqrawiri
Waqrawiri
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,425 m (17,799 ft) [1]
Coordinates14°58′35″S 72°12′16″W [2]
Geography
LocationPeru, Arequipa Region, Castilla Province
Parent rangeAndes, Wansu

References
  1. allthemountains.com/httpdocs/southmap.htm Retrieved January 23, 2010
  2. "Nevados". IGN, Peru. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
  3. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
    - Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. 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)
    - Juan Carvajal Carvajal, Arturo Hernández Sallés, Nelly Ramos Pizarro, Diccionario Ilustrado Aymara-Español-Inglés (Aymara-Spanish-English dictionary)
    - Felipe Huayhua, Aymara wankaña yapuchawina (Canciones aimaras : signos de la actividad agrícola)
  5. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Castilla Province 1 (Arequipa Region)


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