Yuraq Rumi (
Quechuan
Quechua (, ), also called (, 'people's language') in Southern Quechua, is an indigenous language family that originated in central Peru and thereafter spread to other countries of the Andes. Derived from a common ancestral " Proto-Quechua" l ...
''yuraq'' white, ''rumi'' stone,
"white stone", Hispanicized spelling ''Yuracrumi'') is a mountain in the
Wansu mountain range
The Huanzo mountain range (possibly from in the Quechua spelling ''Wansu'') lies in the Andes
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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
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 ...
,
La Unión Province,
Puyca District
Puyca District is one of eleven districts of the province La Unión in Peru.
Geography
The Wansu mountain range traverses the district. Some of the highest peaks of the district are listed below:
Ethnic groups
The people in the district a ...
. Yuraq Rumi lies southeast of
Q'illu Urqu.
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References
Mountains of the Department of Arequipa
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