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Puma Wachana

Coordinates: 14°40′43″S 69°43′48″W / 14.67861°S 69.73000°W / -14.67861; -69.73000
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Puma Wachana
Puma Wachana is located in Peru
Puma Wachana
Puma Wachana
Location within Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,000 m (16,000 ft)[1]
Coordinates14°40′43″S 69°43′48″W / 14.67861°S 69.73000°W / -14.67861; -69.73000
Geography
LocationPeru
Parent rangeAndes

Puma Wachana (Quechua puma cougar, puma, wacha birth, to give birth,[2][3] -na a suffix, "where the cougar is born", Hispanicized spelling Puma Huachana) is a mountain in Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is located in the Puno Region, Putina Province, in the west of the Ananea District.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Putina Province (Puno Region)
  2. ^ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.