Llallawa (
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 ...
for a monstrous potato (like two potatoes) or animal,
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 ...
for the god of seed-time during the
Inca
The Inca Empire, officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts (, ), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The administrative, political, and military center of the empire was in the city of Cusco. The History of the Incas, Inca ...
period,
Hispanicized spelling ''Llallahua'') 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 ...
of southern
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 ...
, about high. It is situated 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 ...
,
El Collao Province,
Capazo District
Capazo District is one of five districts of the province El Collao in Puno Region, Peru.
Geography
Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the El Collao Province (Puno Region)
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, and in the
Chucuito Province,
Pisacoma District
Pisacoma (from Aymara P'isaq Uma) is one of seven districts of the Chucuito Province in Peru.
Geography
One of the highest elevations of the district is Chuqi Patilla at approximately . Other mountains are listed below:
Ethnic groups
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References
Five-thousanders of the Andes
Mountains of the Department of Puno
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