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Ch'uwañuma (La Unión)

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Parent range
  
Andes, Wansu

Mountain range
  
Andes

Elevation
  
5,000 m

Ch'uwañuma (La Unión)

Location
  
Peru, Arequipa Region, La Unión Province

Ch'uwañuma or Ch'uwañ Uma (Aymara ch'uwaña oozing of water and other liquids / melting of metals and other things, uma water, "oozing water", hispanicized spelling Chuañuma) is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is located in the Arequipa Region, La Unión Province, Puyca District. It is situated south of the river Uqururu (Aymara and Quechua for Mimulus glabratus, hispanicized Ojoruro), also known as Sumana or Cotahuasi, which flows to the Cotahuasi Canyon in the southwest. Ch'uwañuma lies southwest of Pilluni, west of Qillqata and northeast of Kunturi.

Map of Ch'uwa%C3%B1uma, Peru

References

Ch'uwañuma (La Unión) Wikipedia


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