Puwaq Hanka Mountain Range
The Puwaq Hanka mountain range Quechua puwaq, eight, hanka snowcapped peak or ridge, "eight peaks (or ridges)", Hispanicized spelling Puagjanca, also Puagjancha) is in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, Carhuacayan District, and in the Lima Region, Huaral Province, in the districts of and Andamarca and Atavillos Alto.
Mountains
Some of the highest mountains of the range are Puwaq Hanka at about 5,100 metres (16,732 ft) and Yunkan at about 5,100 metres (16,732 ft).
References
- ^ Dirección Nacional Técnica de Demarcación Territorial, Junín-Lima
- ^ Robert Beér, Armando Muyolemaj, Dr. Hernán S. Aguilarpaj, Vocabulario comparativo, quechua ecuatoriano - quechua ancashino - castellano - English, Brighton 2006
- ^ Rimaycuna, Quechua de Huánuco, Diccionario del quechua dell Huallaga con índices castellano e inglés, Serie Lingüistica Peruana No. 48, p. 271
- ^ Características distíntivas del quechua de Corongo, Serie Lingüística Peruana No. 50, Peru, 2000, p. 32
- ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaral Province (Lima Region)
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