Q'isanani

Q'isanani
Q'isanani

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1]
Coordinates 16°04′55″S 70°16′13″W / 16.08194°S 70.27028°W / -16.08194; -70.27028Coordinates: 16°04′55″S 70°16′13″W / 16.08194°S 70.27028°W / -16.08194; -70.27028
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region, Puno Province
Parent range Andes

Q'isanani (Aymara q'isana barn; totora mat,[2][3] -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a barn" or "the one with a mat", hispanicized spelling Quesanane) is a mountain in the Andes of southern Peru, about 5,075 metres (16,650 ft) high. It is situated in the Puno Region, Puno Province, San Antonio District. Q'isanani lies northwest of the mountain Wankarani and east of Qutuni.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Puno Province 1 (Puno Region)
  2. ↑ "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, 2002". Félix Layme Pairumani. Retrieved January 6, 2015. see: Granero)
  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)


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