Qallwa

For the mountain in the Andagua District, Castilla Province, Arequipa Region, Peru, see Qallwa (Andagua).

Qallwa
Qallwa (on the right) as seen from Andagua
Highest point
Elevation	5,145 m (16,880 ft)[1]
Coordinates	15°31′07″S 72°11′32″W
Naming
Language of name	Quechua
Geography
Qallwa Peru
Location	Peru, Arequipa Region
Parent range	Andes

Qallwa (Quechua for a little branch, also for an instrument out of wood or bones which the weavers use to press the threads of the cloth,[2] Hispanicized spelling Jallhua) is a 5,145-metre-high (16,880 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Arequipa Region, Castilla Province, on the border of the districts of Ayo, Chachas and Choco. Its ridge extents from northeast to southwest. Qallwa lies southwest of Sirani and northeast of Sukna.[3]

References

1. "Huambo (map)". IGN, Peru. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
3. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Castilla Province 1 (Arequipa Region)