Wamanripa (San Mateo)

Wamanripa (local name for Senecio or a species of it,[2][3] also applied for Laccopetalum giganteum, Hispanicized spelling Huamanripa) is a 5,110-metre-high (16,765 ft) mountain in the Paryaqaqa mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, San Mateo District. Wamanripa lies northwest of Phaqcha and Uqsha Wallqa and northeast of Waqaypaka.[1][4]

This article is about the mountain in the San Mateo District, Huarochirí Province, Lima Region, Peru. For other uses, see Wamanripa (disambiguation).
Wamanripa
Wamanripa
Peru
Highest point
Elevation5,110 m (16,770 ft) [1]
Coordinates11°54′17″S 76°06′36″W 
Geography
LocationPeru, Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, San Mateo District
Parent rangeAndes, Paryaqaqa

References
  1. "Cerro Huamanripa". IGN, Peru. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  2. Louis Girault: Kallawaya - guérisseurs itinérants des Andes. Recherches sur les pratiques médicinales et magiques. Paris 1984. p. 89 (kkana), 91, 467 (wamanripa)
  3. Primer Curso Nacional de Plantas Medicinales y Fitoterapia: FITO 2001, 06-12 agosto del 2001, conferencias y mesas redondas. Instituto de Fitoterapia Americano, 2001. p. 16. huamanripa: Senecio tephrosioides, Senecio vulgaris
  4. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huarochirí Province (Lima Region)


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