Parya (Ayacucho)

For the mountain in the Waywash mountain range on the border of the Ancash Region and the Huánuco Region, Peru, see Parya (Peru).

Parya (Quechua for reddish, copper or sparrow,^[2][3][4] Hispanicized spelling Paria) is a 4,862-metre-high (15,951 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Ayacucho Region, Huanca Sancos Province, Lucanamarca District. Parya lies northeast of Qallaqucha.^[5]

Parya
Parya Peru
Highest point
Elevation	4,862 m (15,951 ft)[1]
Coordinates	13°48′20″S 74°37′30″W
Geography
Location	Peru, Ayacucho Region, Huanca Sancos Province
Parent range	Andes

References

1. "Cerro Paria". IGN, Peru. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
2. César W. Astuhuamán Gonzáles, Pariacaca: un oráculo imperial andino: "Respecto al significado del nombre de la deidad, los términos Paria (rojiza) y caca (montaña), aluden a una montaña rojiza, ... ."
3. Rodolfo Cerrón-Palomino, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Sufijos arcaicos quechuas en la toponimia andina, Etimologias, Lexis XXVI. 2 (2002): 559-577
4. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
5. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huanca Sancos Province (Ayacucho Region)