Jañuma Pirwa Explained

Jañuma Pirwa
Elevation M:	5125
Elevation Ref:	^[1]
Range:	Andes
Language:	Aymara
Location:	Peru, Arequipa Region
Map:	Peru
Map Size:	200
Coordinates:	-15.0531°N -71.4208°W

Jañuma Pirwa (Aymara jañu mosquito, uma water, pirwa, piwra granary,^{[2] [3]} Hispanicized spelling Jañuma Pirhua) is a 5125m (16,814feet) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province, Tisco District. It lies southwest of Chuqi Pirwa and southeast of Pirwa.^[4]

The Pirwamayu (Quechua for "granary river") originates north of the mountain. It flows to the south as a right affluent of the Qullqa River.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Peru 1:100,000, Condoroma 2640, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
2. Web site: Diccionario Bilingüe Castellano-Aymara 2002. Félix Laime Pairumani. October 31, 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923181126/http://www.aymara.ucb.edu.bo/html/diccionario/castellano%20aymara/am.html. September 23, 2015.
3. Ministerio de Educación, Dirección National de Educación Bilingue Intercultural, Yatiqirinaka Aru Pirwa, Lima, 2005 (Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
4. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Espinar Province (Cusco Region)