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Paraqti

Coordinates: 11°39′10″S 76°11′54″W / 11.65278°S 76.19833°W / -11.65278; -76.19833
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Paraqti
View from the summit of Yuraqqucha, looking to the southeast. Paraqti is visible in front of snow-covered Wayrakancha on the right.
Highest point
Elevation5,000 m (16,000 ft)[1]
Coordinates11°39′10″S 76°11′54″W / 11.65278°S 76.19833°W / -11.65278; -76.19833
Geography
Paraqti is located in Peru
Paraqti
Paraqti
Peru
LocationPeru, Junín Region, Lima Region
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Central

Paraqti (Quechua paray to rain, -pti, qti a suffix,[2] "if it rains", Hispanicized spelling Paracte) is a mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 m (16,404 ft) high. It lies in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, Yauli District, and in the Lima Region, Huarochiri Province, Chicla District. Paraqti is situated near the Antikuna mountain pass, southwest of Tuku Mach'ay and Chinchirusa, and east of Chuqi Chukchu.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huarochirí 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.