Puma Wachana Explained

Puma Wachana
Elevation M:5000
Elevation Ref:[1]
Range:Andes
Map:Peru
Label Position:right
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-14.6786°N -69.73°W

Puma Wachana (Quechua puma cougar, puma, wacha birth, to give birth,[2] -na a suffix, "where the cougar is born", Hispanicized spelling Puma Huachana) is a mountain in Peru, about 5000m (16,000feet) high. It is located in the Puno Region, Putina Province, in the west of the Ananea District.[1]

Notes and References

  1. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Putina Province (Puno Region)
  2. Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)