Jalahuana or Jalahuaña (possibly from

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language ...

''q'ala'' naked, nude, ''waña'' a variety of bitter potatoes used to make white '' ch'uñu'',Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua_Spanish dictionary) "naked ''waña'' potato") is a mountain in the

Andes The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range ...

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

. It is located in the

Puno Region Puno () is a department and region in southeastern Peru. It is the fifth largest department in Peru, after Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It is bordered by Bolivia on the east, the departments of Madre de Dios on the north, Cusc ...

, Carabaya Province,

Crucero District Crucero District is one of ten Districts of Peru, districts of the province Carabaya Province, Carabaya in Peru. Geography One of the highest peaks of the district is Ariquma at approximately . Other mountains are listed below: Ethnic group ...

, and in the Sandia Province, on the border of the Limbani District and the

Patambuco District Patambuco District is one of ten districts of the Sandia Province in Peru. Geography One of the highest elevations of the district is Q'alawaña at . Other mountains are listed below: Ethnic groups The people in the district are mainly in ...

. Jalahuana lies east of Aricoma Lake between the mountain

Aricoma Aricoma (possibly from in the Aymara spelling ''Ariquma'' for a variety of tuber ''(Smallanthus sonchifolius)'',minagri.gob.pe/portal/download/pdf Yacon) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya ...

in the northwest and Riticunca in the southeast to south.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Sandia Province (Puno Region)

References

Mountains of the Department of Puno Glaciers of Peru Five-thousanders of the Andes {{Puno-geo-stub