Sambo_(mountain)

Sambo (mountain)

Sambo (mountain)

Mountain in Peru

Sambo (possibly from Quechua for "knock-kneed" or "a person with one black and one indigenous parent")[2] is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. It is situated in the Puno Region, Melgar Province, Nuñoa District. Sambo lies southwest of Hueco and Quellhuacota and northwest of Huillopuncho.[1]

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  1. [1]
    escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region)
  2. [2]
    Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.


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