Sunqu Urqu (
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 ...
''sunqu'' heart, ''urqu'' mountain,
[Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)] "heart mountain", Hispanicized spelling ''Soncco Orcco'') is a mountain in the
Arequipa Region
Arequipa () is a department and region in southwestern Peru. It is the sixth largest department in Peru, after Puno, Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto, its sixth most populous department, and its eleventh least densely populated dep ...
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
Peru
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, about high. It is situated in the
La Unión Province, in the districts
Alca and
Tomepampa, and in the
Condesuyos Province,
Salamanca District
Salamanca District is one of eight districts of the province Condesuyos in 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 ...
, east of the mountains
Saraqutu
Saraqutu (Quechua language, Quechua ''sara'' maize, ''qutu'' heap,Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) "maize heap", Hispanicized spelling ''Saraccoto'') is a mountain ...
and
Kuntur Sayana and west of the mountain
Phirura ''(Firura)''.
[escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Condesuyos Province (Arequipa Region)]
References
Five-thousanders of the Andes
Mountains of the Department of Arequipa
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