Kita Raqsa

Coordinates: 8°45′18″S 77°44′53″W / 8.75500°S 77.74806°W / -8.75500; -77.74806
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Kita Raqsa
Kita Raqsa is located in Peru
Kita Raqsa
Kita Raqsa
Peru
Highest point
Elevation4,200 m (13,800 ft)[1]
Coordinates8°45′18″S 77°44′53″W / 8.75500°S 77.74806°W / -8.75500; -77.74806
Geography
LocationPeru, Ancash Region
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Blanca

Kita Raqsa (Quechua kita dam, raqsa order, work shift, change, alternate guarding,[2][3] 'alternate guarding of the dam', also spelled Quitaracsa) is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately 4,200 m (13,780 ft). It is located in the Ancash Region, Huaylas Province, Yuracmarca District. Kita Raqsa lies northwest of Pilanku (Quechua for "dam").[1][4]

Kita Raqsa is also the name of the village at the foot of the mountain and the name of the river which flows along its southern slope. It is a right affluent of the Santa River.[1]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b c escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaylas Province (Ancash Region)
  2. ^ Leonel Alexander Menacho López, Yachakuqkunapa Shimi Qullqa, Anqash Qhichwa Shimichaw (Ministerio de Educación), Wordbook Ancash Quechua-Spanish
  3. ^ "Diccionario: Quechua - Español - Quechua, Simi Taqe: Qheswa - Español - Qheswa" (PDF). Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua. Gobierno Regional del Cusco, Perú: Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua. 2005.
  4. ^ "Vocabulario comparativo, quechua ecuatoriano - quechua ancashino - castellano - English, Brighton 2006" (PDF). Robert Beér, Armando Muyolemaj, Dr. Hernán S. Aguilarpaj. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2016.