Uqi Uqi
Uqi Uqi is located in Peru
Uqi Uqi
Uqi Uqi
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,000 m (16,000 ft)[1]
Coordinates12°23′32″S 75°39′21″W / 12.39222°S 75.65583°W / -12.39222; -75.65583
Geography
LocationPeru, Lima Region
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Central

Uqi Uqi (Aymara for a species of plant,[2] uqi brown, grey brown,[3] Quechua uqi lead, lead-colored,[4] the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, "a complex of grey-brown color" or "a lot of lead", also spelled Oque Oque) is a mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately 5,000 metres (16,404 ft). It is located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, Laraos District. Uqi Uqi lies northeast of Wamp'una and T'uruyuq.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region)
  2. Gabriel Martínez, Toponimos de Chuani: Organisación y significación del Territorio (in Spanish)
  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)
  4. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)


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