Pisti Explained

Pisti
Elevation M:5100
Elevation Ref:[1]
Range:Andes
Location:Peru, Apurímac Region, Antabamba Province, Aymaraes Province
Map:Peru
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-14.3292°N -73.0806°W

Pisti (Aymara and Quechua for influenca, a common cold or plague,[2] [3] [4] also spelled Piste) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5100m (16,700feet) high. It is located in the Apurímac Region, Antabamba Province, Sabaino District, and in the Aymaraes Province, on the border of the districts of Caraybamba and Chalhuanca. Pisti lies northwest of Kiswarani.[1]

Notes and References

  1. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Antabamba Province (Apurímac Region)
  2. Yatiqirinaka Aru Pirwa, Lima, 2005 (Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  3. Ina Vandebroek, Evert Thomas, Sabino Sanca, Patrick Van Damme, Luc Van Puyvelde, Norbert De Kimpe, Comparison of health conditions treated with traditional and biomedical health care in a Quechua community in rural Bolivia, J Ethnobiol Ethnomed. 2008; 4: 1
  4. Gary Parker and others, English-Quechua Dictionary--Cuzco, Ayacucho, Cochabamba, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1064 (see: Plague)

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