Canchacanchajasa

Canchacanchajasa

Canchacanchajasa
Highest point
Elevation 4,987 m (16,362 ft)[1]
Coordinates 13°13′12″S 72°0′32″W / 13.22000°S 72.00889°W / -13.22000; -72.00889Coordinates: 13°13′12″S 72°0′32″W / 13.22000°S 72.00889°W / -13.22000; -72.00889
Geography
Canchacanchajasa

Peru

Location Peru, Cusco Region
Parent range Urupampa mountain range

Canchacanchajasa or Kancha Kancha Q'asa (Quechua kancha enclosure, enclosed place, yard, a frame, or wall that encloses, q'asa mountain pass,[2][3] the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, "Kancha Kancha mountain pass", Hispanicized spelling Canchacanchajasa) is a 4,987-metre-high (16,362 ft) mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Calca District, north of the Urubamba River. Canchacanchajasa is situated southeast of Sirihuani, north of Cóndorhuachana and Huamanchoque and southwest of Sahuasiray. It lies in the upper part of the Cancha Cancha valley[4] (kancha kancha) at the Lares trek.

See also

References

  1. Mapa de peligros de la ciudad de Calca, Informe final, Proyecto INDECI – PNUD PER / 02/ 051, Ciudades sostenibles (see map of Calca, unnamed)
  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. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Calca Province (Cusco Region)


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