Kiswarani (

Aymara Aymara may refer to: Languages and people * Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language ** Aymara language, the main language within that family ** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...

''kiswara'' ''

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'',Yatiqirinaka Aru Pirwa, Lima, 2005 (Aymara-Spanish dictionary) ''-ni'' a

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to indicate ownership, "the one with ''kiswara''", Hispanicized spelling ''Quisuarani'') 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 ...

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. Its summit reaches about above sea level. The mountain is located in the

Cusco Region Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; ), is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth-largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de Dios and Puno ...

, Calca Province, Lares District, south of Lares. The village of Kiswarani and the Kiswarani River lie at its feet. The private conservation area of 'Hatun Qiwña Kiswarani Qullana' (''Hatun Queuña Quishuarani Collana'') of the rural community of Kiswarani Qullana (Quishuarani Collana) lies at the mountain. It was founded in 2009. The aim of the project is to protect the '' polylepis pepei''. The small area includes the southern slope of Kiswarani in the north and the lake Qiwñaqucha in the south.Asociación Ecosistemas Andinos – ECOAN, Queuña Nº 2, 1 de Julio de 2019

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Four-thousanders of the Andes Mountains of the Department of Cusco {{Cusco-geo-stub

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