Huayta

Huayta
Huayta Peru
Highest point
Elevation	5,400 m (17,700 ft)[1]
Coordinates	15°19′28″S 72°11′51″W
Geography
Location	Peru, Arequipa Region
Parent range	Andes, Chila

Huayta (possibly from Aymara for a headdress made of feathers or flowers, Quechua for crest; wild flower; the whistling of the wind)[2][3] is a mountain in the Chila mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,400 m (17,717 ft) high . It is located in the Arequipa Region, Castilla Province, Chachas District. Huayta lies south of Huanca and Sullucullahua, northeast of Chinchón and southeast of Aceruta.[1]

References

1. 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 (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.