Suparawra (the name of an ''
apu'',
[Rodolfo Sánchez Garrafa, Apus de los Cuatro Suyos: construcción del mundo en los ciclos mitológicos de las deidades montaña] Hispanicized spelling ''Suparaura'') 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
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 situated in the
Ayacucho Region
Ayacucho (), known as Huamanga from its creation in 1822 until 1825, is a department and region of Peru, located in the south-central Andes of the country. Its capital is the city of Ayacucho. The region was one of the hardest hit in the 1980 ...
,
Parinacochas Province, on the border of the districts of
Coracora
Coracora or Qura Qura is a town in central Peru, and it is the capital of the Parinacochas Province in the Ayacucho Region. It has a population of approximately 13,000.
Etymology
Coracora or Qura Qura comes from the Quechuan ''qura'' meaning ...
and
Upahuacho. Suparawra lies southwest of
Q'illu Urqu.
[escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Parinacochas Province (Ayacucho Region)]
References
Five-thousanders of the Andes
Mountains of the Department of Ayacucho
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