Huampuni (possibly from
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 ...
''wampu'' boat,
''-ni'' a
suffix
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, "the one with a boat") is a mountain in the
Vilcanota mountain range in the
Andes
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of
Peru
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. It 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 ...
,
Canchis Province,
Pitumarca District
Pitumarca District is one of eight districts of the province Canchis in Peru.
Geography
The Willkanuta mountain range lies in the district. Some of the highest mountains of the district are Chumpi, Chupika, Hatun Uma, Hatun Ñañu Punta, ...
. Huampuni lies southwest of
Sibinacocha. It is situated at the bank of the Yanamayo, a left tributary of the
Chillcamayu whose waters flow to the
Vilcanota River.
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Huampuni is also the name of a little lake near the mountain at .[
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References
Five-thousanders of the Andes
Mountains of the Department of Cusco
Lakes of Peru
Lakes of the Department of Cusco
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