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Mountain in Peru For the mountain on the border of the Lampa Province and the Melgar Province in the Puno Region, Peru, see Wisa Wisa (Lampa-Melgar).
Huisahuisa
Huisahuisa is located in PeruHuisahuisaHuisahuisaPeru
Highest point
Elevation5,300 m (17,400 ft)
Coordinates14°07′04″S 70°47′17″W / 14.11778°S 70.78806°W / -14.11778; -70.78806
Geography
LocationPeru, Puno Region, Melgar Province
Parent rangeAndes, Vilcanota

Huisahuisa (possibly from Aymara wisa first born twin, Quechua wiksa, wisa belly, the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something) is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,300 metres (17,388 ft) high. It is located in the Puno Region, Melgar Province, Nuñoa District. Huisahuisa lies south of Pomanota, Jatuncucho and Piyacuyani, northwest of Conatira, northeast of Hueco and Jatun Sallica and east of Cochacucho. Llancamayo, a right tributary of Jatun Mayo, flows along its eastern slope.

References

  1. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region)
  2. 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)
  3. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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