Kita Raqsa

Kita Raqsa
Kita Raqsa

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 4,200 m (13,800 ft) [1]
Coordinates 8°45′18″S 77°44′53″W / 8.75500°S 77.74806°W / -8.75500; -77.74806Coordinates: 8°45′18″S 77°44′53″W / 8.75500°S 77.74806°W / -8.75500; -77.74806
Geography
Location Peru, Ancash Region
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Blanca

Kita Raqsa (Quechua kita dam, raqsa order, work shift, change, alternate guarding,[2][3] 'alternate guarding of the dam', also spelled Quitaracsa) is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately 4,200 m (13,780 ft). It is located in the Ancash Region, Huaylas Province, Yuracmarca District. Kita Raqsa lies northwest of Pilanku (Quechua for "dam").[1][4]

Kita Raqsa is also the name of the village at the foot of the mountain and the name of the river which flows along its southern slope. It is a right affluent of the Santa River.[1]

Sources

  1. 1 2 3 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaylas Province (Ancash Region)
  2. ↑ Leonel Alexander Menacho López, Yachakuqkunapa Shimi Qullqa, Anqash Qhichwa Shimichaw (Ministerio de Educación), Wordbook Ancash Quechua-Spanish
  3. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ "Vocabulario comparativo, quechua ecuatoriano - quechua ancashino - castellano - English, Brighton 2006" (PDF). Robert Beér, Armando Muyolemaj, Dr. Hernán S. Aguilarpaj. Retrieved May 30, 2016.


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