Chachacumani
Chachacumani is located in Peru
Chachacumani
Chachacumani
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,100 m (16,700 ft)[1]
Coordinates13°45′20″S 70°50′29″W / 13.75556°S 70.84139°W / -13.75556; -70.84139[2]
Geography
LocationPeru, Cusco Region
Parent rangeAndes, Vilcanota

Chachacumani (possibly from Quechua chachakuma a medical plant,[3][4] -ni an Aymara suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with the chachakuma plant) is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,100 metres (16,732 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province, Marcapata District. It lies northeast of Ananta. The Pucamayu (possibly from Quechua for "red river") which downstream is named Sayapata flows along its western slope.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Quispicanchis Province 2 (Cusco Region)
  2. ↑ "Cerro Chachacumani". IGN, Peru. Archived from the original on July 20, 2015. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
  3. ↑ seccion.portalpatrimonio.cl Archived 2013-12-16 at the Wayback Machine Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes, Conociendo la Cultura Aymara: ... Chachakuma: pata uraqinakan alija, sutipax qichwawa, ... (Aymara text saying that Chachakuma is originally a Quechua word)
  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)


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