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Q'isanani

Coordinates: 16°04′55″S 70°16′13″W / 16.08194°S 70.27028°W / -16.08194; -70.27028
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Q'isanani
Q'isanani is located in Peru
Q'isanani
Q'isanani
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,000 m (16,000 ft)[1]
Coordinates16°04′55″S 70°16′13″W / 16.08194°S 70.27028°W / -16.08194; -70.27028
Geography
LocationPeru, Puno Region, Puno Province
Parent rangeAndes

Q'isanani (Aymara q'isana barn; totora mat,[2][3] -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a barn" or "the one with a mat", Hispanicized spelling Quesanane) is a mountain in the Andes of southern Peru, about 5,075 metres (16,650 ft) high. It is situated in the Puno Region, Puno Province, San Antonio District. Q'isanani lies northwest of the mountain Wankarani and east of Qutuni.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Puno Province 1 (Puno Region)
  2. ^ "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, 2002". Félix Layme Pairumani. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved January 6, 2015. see: Granero)
  3. ^ 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)