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Huayllajirca

Coordinates: 10°31′59″S 76°51′25″W / 10.53306°S 76.85694°W / -10.53306; -76.85694
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Huayllajirca
Huayllajirca is located in Peru
Huayllajirca
Huayllajirca
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,000 m (16,000 ft)[1]
Coordinates10°31′59″S 76°51′25″W / 10.53306°S 76.85694°W / -10.53306; -76.85694
Geography
LocationPeru, Lima Region, Cajatambo Province, Oyón Province
Parent rangeAndes

Huayllajirca (possibly from Quechua waylla meadow, Ancash Quechua hirka mountain,[2][3] "meadow mountain") is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 m (16,000 ft) high. It is located in the Lima Region, Cajatambo Province, Cajatambo District, and in the Oyón Province, Oyón District. Huayllajirca lies northwest of the mountain named Chalhuacocha and northeast of Pishtac and Tocto lake.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Cajatambo Province (Lima Region)
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ homepage.ntlworld.com/robert_beer Robert Beér, Armando Muyolemaj, Dr. Hernán S. Aguilarpaj, Vocabulario comparativo, quechua ecuatoriano - quechua ancashino - castellano - English, Brighton 2006