Pisti Q'asa Explained

Pisti Q'asa
Elevation M:5000
Elevation Ref:[1]
Range:Andes, Wansu
Location:Peru, Arequipa Region, La Unión Province
Map:Peru
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-14.7225°N -72.7417°W

Pisti Q'asa (Aymara and Quechua pisti influenca, a common cold or plague, Quechua q'asa mountain pass,[2] [3] [4] Hispanicized spelling Pistijasa) is a 5169m (16,959feet) mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Arequipa Region, La Unión Province, Huaynacotas District. Pisti Q'asa lies southwest of Puka Urqu and northwest of P'umpu Q'asa.[1]

Notes and References

  1. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the La Unión Province (Arequipa 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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