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Chanchamayo River
The Chanchamayo River (possibly from Quechua ''chanchay'' to walk and leap about, to walk quickly and confused, ''chancha chancha'' to walk quickly and irregularly, ''shancha'' a kind of bird, ''mayu'' river,) is a river in the Junín Region in Peru. It originates in the Huaytapallana Huaytapallana (possibly from in the Quechua spelling ''Waytapallana''; ''wayta'' wild flower, a little bunch of flowers, ''pallay'' to collect, ''pallana'' an instrument to collect fruit / collectable, ''Waytapallana'' "a place where you collec ... mountain range where it is named Tulumayu. Chanchamayo flows along the town La Merced which is also called Chanchamayo. After joining Paucartambo River it is called Perené River. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quechua Language
Quechua (, ; ), usually called ("people's language") in Quechuan languages, is an indigenous language family spoken by the Quechua peoples, primarily living in the Peruvian Andes. Derived from a common ancestral language, it is the most widely spoken pre-Columbian language family of the Americas, with an estimated 8–10 million speakers as of 2004.Adelaar 2004, pp. 167–168, 255. Approximately 25% (7.7 million) of Peruvians speak a Quechuan language. It is perhaps most widely known for being the main language family of the Inca Empire. The Spanish encouraged its use until the Peruvian struggle for independence of the 1780s. As a result, Quechua variants are still widely spoken today, being the co-official language of many regions and the second most spoken language family in Peru. History Quechua had already expanded across wide ranges of the central Andes long before the expansion of the Inca Empire. The Inca were one among many peoples in present-day Peru who alread ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peru
, image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Firm and Happy for the Union" , national_anthem = "National Anthem of Peru" , march = "March of Flags" , image_map = PER orthographic.svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Lima , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , official_languages = Peruvian Spanish, Spanish , languages_type = Co-official languages , languages = , ethnic_groups = , ethnic_groups_year = 2017 , demonym = Peruvians, Peruvian , government_type = Unitary state, Unitary Semi-presidential system, semi-presidential republic , leader_title1 = President of Peru, President ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junín Region
Junín may refer to: Places Argentina * Junín Partido ** Junín, Buenos Aires ***Junín Airport * Junín Department, Mendoza ** Junín, Mendoza *Junín Department, San Luis Junín is a Departments of Argentina, Department of San Luis Province, Argentina. With an area of it borders to the west with the Department of Ayacucho Department, San Luis, Ayacucho, to the south with Libertador General San Martín Department, ... * Junín de los Andes, Neuquén Colombia * Junín, Cundinamarca * Junín, Nariño Ecuador * Junín Canton, in Manabí Province Peru * Department of Junín ** Junín Province *** Junín, Peru *** Junín District *** Lake Junin, also known as Chinchayqucha *** Junín National Reserve Venezuela * Junín Municipality, Táchira See also * * * Battle of Junín, during the Peruvian War of Independence in 1824 {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huaytapallana Mountain Range
The Huaytapallana mountain range (possibly from Quechua ''wayta'' wild flower, a little bunch of flowers, ''pallay'' to collect, ''pallana'' an instrument to collect fruit; collectable, ''Waytapallana'' "a place where you collect wild flowers") lies in the Junín Region in the Andes of Peru. It extends between 11°47' and 11°56'S and 75°00' and 75°05'W for about 17 km. The surface area of the zone is 378'40 km2. The range is located in the provinces of Concepción and Huancayo. In 2011 Huaytapallana was declared an Area of Regional Conservation by Supreme Decrete No. 018-2011-MINAM. The area of 22,406.52 ha is situated in the districts of El Tambo, Huancayo, Pariahuanca and Quilcas of the Huancayo Province and in the Comas District of the Concepción Province. Mountains The highest mountain in the range is Huaytapallana at (Lasuntay). Other mountains are listed below:Evelio Echevarría, Cordillera Huaytapallana, Peru, in: The Alpine Journal, 2009, p. 161-167 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Merced, Junín
La Merced, Chanchamayo (in hispanicized spelling) or Chanchamayu ( Quechua ''chanchay'' to walk and leap about, to walk quickly and confused, ''chancha chancha'' to walk quickly and irregularly, ''shancha'' a kind of bird, ''mayu'' river)Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005: ''chancha chancha'' - ''adj. Caminar rápido, apresurado, con pasos irregulares'' ''Chanchaymayu'' - ''s. Geog. (Topón. shancha gallinácea plomiza; mayu río).'' ''chanchay'' - ''v. Caminar apresurada y confusamente.'' is the capital of the Chanchamayo Province in the Junín Region in Peru. Its mayor is Jose Eduardo Mariño (2019-2022). Geography La Merced is situated on , as the crow flies 75 km north of the regional capital Huancayo-Junín and 220 km northeast of the country's capital Lima, at an elevation of 751 m above sea level. On the paved road it takes 305 km from Lima to La Merced. History The place was f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perené River
The Perené River () is a Peruvian river on the eastern slopes of the South American Andes. It is formed at the confluence of the Chanchamayo and Paucartambo Rivers, above the community of Perené, actually two pueblos of Santa Ana and Pampa Silva divided by the river, at above sea level. The river flows in a south-easterly direction; its length is . The Perené joins the Ene River The Ene River ( es, Río Ene; que, Iniy mayu) is a Peruvian river on the eastern slopes of the South American Andes. Geography Headwaters The Ene is formed at at the confluence of the Mantaro River and the Apurímac River, circa 400 m abov ..., below the community of Puerto Ocopa, at above sea level, and is called the Tambo River from then on. Rivers of Peru Tributaries of the Ucayali River Rivers of Junín Region {{Peru-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Peru
This is a list of rivers of Peru, that are at least partially in Peru. The Peruvian government has published guidelines for the preparation of river flow studies in April 2015. Longest rivers The lengths of the following 10 rivers are according to a 2005 statistical publication by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática listing the 44 most important rivers of Peru. By Drainage Basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Rivers longer than 400 kilometers are in bold font. Atlantic Ocean * Amazon River **''Madeira River'' (Brazil) ***Madre de Dios River ****''Orthon River'' (Bolivia) *****Tahuamanu River ******Muymano River *****Mamuripi River ******Manuripe River **** Heath River **** Tambopata River, 402 km **** Río de Las Piedras or Tacuatimanu, 621 km *****Pariamanu River ****Inambari River, 437 km **** Manú River ** Purús River, 483 km *** Acre River *** Iaco River or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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