Condorhuachana (Cusco)

Condorhuachana
Condorhuachana is located in Peru
Condorhuachana
Condorhuachana
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,073 m (16,644 ft)[1]
Coordinates13°13′28″S 71°58′27″W / 13.22444°S 71.97417°W / -13.22444; -71.97417
Geography
LocationPeru, Cusco Region
Parent rangeUrubamba mountain range

Condorhuachana (possibly from Quechua kuntur condor, wacha birth, to give birth, -na a suffix,[2][3] 'where the condor is born') is a 5,073-metre-high (16,644 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 Vilcanota River. Condorhuachana is situated northeast of Huamanchoque, southeast of Sirihuani and Sahuasiray, and southwest of Ccerayoc.[4]

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  1. ^ Mapa de peligros de la ciudad de Calca, Informe final, Proyecto INDECI – PNUD PER / 02/ 051, Ciudades sostenibles (see map of Calca)
  2. ^ "Diccionario: Quechua - Español - Quechua, Simi Taqe: Qheswa - Español - Qheswa" (PDF). Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua. Gobierno Regional del Cusco, Perú: Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua. 2005.
  3. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  4. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Calca Province (Cusco Region)