Huayta

Mountain in Peru

Huayta

Huayta

Peru

Highest point
Elevation| 5,400 m (17,700 ft)[1]
Coordinates| 15°19′28″S 72°11′51″W﻿ / ﻿15.32444°S 72.19750°W﻿ / -15.32444; -72.19750
Geography
Location| Peru, Arequipa Region
Parent range| Andes, Chila

Huayta (possibly from Aymara for a headdress made of feathers or flowers, Quechua for crest; wild flower; the whistling of the wind)[2][3] is a mountain in the Chila mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,400 m (17,717 ft) high . It is located in the Arequipa Region, Castilla Province, Chachas District. Huayta lies south of Huanca and Sullucullahua, northeast of Chinchón and southeast of Aceruta.[1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Caylloma Province 1 (Arequipa Region)
2. ^ 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)
3. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch [Quechua-English dictionary] (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia.

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