Uman (

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 ...

''uma'' head, ''-n'' a

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, also spelled ''Umán'') is a mountain in the ''

Cordillera Central Central Cordillera refers to the New Guinea Highlands. Cordillera Central, meaning ''central range'' in Spanish, may refer to the following mountain ranges: * Cordillera Central, Andes (disambiguation), several mountain ranges in South America ** ...

'' 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

Lima Region The Department of Lima (), known as the Department of the Capital () until 1823, is a department and region located in the central coast of Peru; the seat of the regional government is Huacho. Lima Province, which contains the city of Lima, ...

, Yauyos Province, on the border of the districts of Miraflores and

Tanta Tanta ( ' ) is a city in Egypt. Tanta had a population of 658,798 in 2018, making it the fifth most populous city in Egypt. Tanta is located between Cairo and Alexandria: north of Cairo and southeast of Alexandria. The capital of Gharbia Gove ...

. Uman lies west of a lake named Pisququcha and northeast of

Wayna Qutuni Huayna Cotoni or Wayna Qutuni(Aymara ''wayna'' young (man), bachelor, ''qutu'' heap, pile, ''-ni'' a suffix to indicate ownership ("the one with a heap"), '' Qutuni'' a neighboring mountain, "young Qutuni", Hispanicized spellings ''Huayna Cotoni, ...

Qutuni Ticlla or Qutuni (Aymara ''qutu'' heap, pile, ''-ni'' a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a heap", Hispanicized spellings ''Cotoni, Cutuni''), also called Tiklla (Quechua for eyelash; two-colored, Hispanicized spellings ''Ticcla, Ticll ...

and Altarniyuq.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region)

References

Five-thousanders of the Andes Mountains of the Department of Lima {{LimaRegion-geo-stub