Yana Uqsha (
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 ...
''yana'' black, very dark, ''uqsha'' (locally), ''uqsa'' high altitude grass,
Vocabulario-Comparativo-Quechua-Ecuator-Quechua-Ancash
See Spanish: ''Paja'' - Ancash Quechua
Ancash Quechua ( , or less often ), also Huaylay or Waylay in linguistic terminology, is a Quechua variety spoken in the Peruvian department of Ancash by approximately 1,000,000 people. Like Wanka Quechua, it belongs to Quechua I (according to ...
''paha, uqsha'' also spelled ''Yana Ucsha'') 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 ...
, about high. 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 ...
, Huanca Sancos Province, on the border of the districts of Lucanamarca
Santiago de Lucanamarca District is one of four districts of the province Huanca Sancos in Peru.
Geography
One of the highest peaks of the district is Parya at . Other mountains are listed below:
The largest lake of the district is Qalla Q ...
and Sancos. Yana Uqsha lies south of Yanawaqra and Yuraq Urqu.[
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References
Four-thousanders of the Andes
Mountains of the Department of Ayacucho
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