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Saxa Q'awa

Coordinates: 14°58′42″S 72°22′19″W / 14.97833°S 72.37194°W / -14.97833; -72.37194
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Saxa Q'awa
Saxa Q'awa is located in Peru
Saxa Q'awa
Saxa Q'awa
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,000 m (16,000 ft)[1]
Coordinates14°58′42″S 72°22′19″W / 14.97833°S 72.37194°W / -14.97833; -72.37194
Geography
LocationPeru, Arequipa Region, Condesuyos Province, La Unión Province
Parent rangeAndes, Wansu

Saxa Q'awa (Aymara saxa hollow, q'awa little river, ditch, crevice, fissure, gap in the earth,[2][3] "hollow brook", hispanicized spelling Sacsajahua) is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Condesuyos Province, Cayarani District. Saxa Q'awa lies south of Janq'u Q'awa between the Puma Ranra valley in the west and a lake name Anqasqucha (Quechua for "blue lake") in the east.[1][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the La Unión Province (Arequipa 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. ^ "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, Para: Tercera Edición". Félix Layme Pairumani. Archived from the original on September 2, 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
  4. ^ "Cerro Sacsajahua". IGN, Peru. Retrieved June 5, 2015.