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Willkani

Coordinates: 16°38′28″S 70°09′52″W / 16.64111°S 70.16444°W / -16.64111; -70.16444
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Willkani
Willkani is located in Peru
Willkani
Willkani
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,200 m (17,100 ft)[1]
Coordinates16°38′28″S 70°09′52″W / 16.64111°S 70.16444°W / -16.64111; -70.16444
Geography
LocationPeru, Moquegua Region
Parent rangeAndes

Willkani (willka or wilka Anadenanthera colubrina (a tree),[2] Aymara willka sun,[3]-ni a suffix, Hispanicized spelling Huilcane, Huilcani) is a mountain in the Andes of southern Peru, about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. It is located in the Moquegua Region, Mariscal Nieto Province, Carumas District, southwest of Chaka Apachita.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Peru 1:100,000, Hospicio 2837, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  2. ^ Mariko Namba Walter,Eva Jane Neumann Fridman, Shamanism: An Encyclopedia of World Beliefs, Practices, and Culture, Vol. 1, p. 439 willka or vilca (Anadenanthera peregrina and Anadenanthera colubrina)
  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. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Mariscal Nieto Province (Moquegua Region)