Cairahuiri

Cairahuiri
Cairahuiri
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1]
Coordinates 15°24′07″S 71°52′53″W / 15.40194°S 71.88139°W / -15.40194; -71.88139Coordinates: 15°24′07″S 71°52′53″W / 15.40194°S 71.88139°W / -15.40194; -71.88139 
Geography
Location Peru, Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province
Parent range Andes, Chila

Cairahuiri (possibly from Aymara and Quechua k'ayra frog)[2][3] is a mountain in the Chila mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province, Tapay District. Cairahuiri lies southwest of Minasnioc, northwest of Surihuiri and Minaspata, northeast of Huaillaccocha and west of Huallatane. It stretches along the Cairahuiri River whose waters flow to the Molloco River in the west, a right affluent of the Colca River.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Caylloma Province 1 (Arequipa Region)
  2. ↑ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)


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