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Quri Pawkara

Coordinates: 14°34′34″S 72°49′14″W / 14.57611°S 72.82056°W / -14.57611; -72.82056
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Quri Pawkara
Quri Pawkara is located in Peru
Quri Pawkara
Quri Pawkara
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,000 m (16,000 ft)[1]
Coordinates14°34′34″S 72°49′14″W / 14.57611°S 72.82056°W / -14.57611; -72.82056
Geography
LocationPeru, Apurímac Region
Parent rangeAndes, Wansu

Quri Pawkara (Quechua quri gold, pawkara a species of bird,[2][3] (possibly Russet-backed oropendola) also spelled Coripaucara) 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 Apurímac Region, Antabamba Province, in the districts of Antabamba and Juan Espinoza Medrano. Its three peaks lie in a row from north to south northwest of Quri Waraqa.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Antabamba Province (Apurímac Region)
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ Shimikunata Asirtachik Killka Inka-Kastellanu, Instituto Linguístico de Verano, Lima, Peru, 2002