Jañuma Pirwa
Jañuma Pirwa (Aymara jañu mosquito, uma water, pirwa, piwra granary,[2][3][4] Hispanicized spelling Jañuma Pirhua) is a 5,125-metre-high (16,814 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province, Tisco District. It lies southwest of Chuqi Pirwa and southeast of Pirwa.[5]
| Jañuma Pirwa | |
|---|---|
  Jañuma Pirwa Peru | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,125 m (16,814 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 15°03′11″S 71°25′15″W |
| Naming | |
| Language of name | Aymara |
| Geography | |
| Location | Peru, Arequipa Region |
| Parent range | Andes |
The Pirwamayu (Quechua for "granary river") originates north of the mountain. It flows to the south as a right affluent of the Qullqa River.[5]
References
- Peru 1:100,000, Condoroma 2640, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
- "Diccionario Bilingüe Castellano-Aymara 2002". Félix Laime Pairumani. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
- 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)
- Ministerio de Educación, Dirección National de Educación Bilingue Intercultural, Yatiqirinaka Aru Pirwa, Lima, 2005 (Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
- escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Espinar Province (Cusco Region)
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