Chuañuma

For the mountain in the La Unión Province, Arequipa Region, Peru, see Ch'uwañuma (La Unión).

Chuañuma
Chuañuma Peru
Highest point
Elevation	5,400 m (17,700 ft)[1]
Coordinates	15°22′9″S 72°13′39″W
Naming
Language of name	Aymara
Geography
Location	Peru, Arequipa Region, Castilla Province
Parent range	Andes

Chuañuma (possibly from Aymara ch'uwaña oozing of water and other liquids / melting of metals and other things, uma water,[2] "oozing water") is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,400 metres (17,717 ft) high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Castilla Province, Chachas District. Chuañuma lies south-east of the mountain Huañacagua at a valley named Puncuhuaico (possibly from Quechua for "pond valley" or "dam valley"). Its stream flows to Chachas.[1]

See also

• Asiruta

References

1. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Castilla 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)