APURÍMAC

apoorēˈmäk, river, c.430 mi (690 km) long, rising in the Andes, S Peru. It flows generally northwest in a narrow valley. After joining the Mantaro River, the Apurímac becomes the Ene; after joining the Perené River, it becomes the Tambo. When it joins the Urubamba River, it becomes the Ucayali, which is one of the main headstreams of the Amazon. The headwaters of the Apurímac, which rise from glacial meltwater on Nevado Mismi, were determined by a 2000 expedition to the most distant from the mouth of the Amazon.

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books on: ApurImac  - 110 results

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The Incas of Peru
Book by Clements Markham; AMS Press, 1969
Subjects: Incas, Peru--Antiquities
...34 BRIDGE OVER THE APURIMAC ,, ,, 78 WALLS...TAMPU-TOCCO, 1 near the great river Apurimac. Here the tradition of the Deity was...from invasion by the deep gorge of the Apurimac. The fugitives of long ages back had...
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The Andes of Southern Peru: Geographical Reconnaissance along the Seventy-Third Meridian
Book by Isaiah Bowman; American Geographical Society, 1916
Subjects: Geology--Andes, Human Geography--Peru, Peru--Description And Travel, Physical Geography--Peru, Yale Peruvian Expedition--(1911)
...small closely spaced dots; coarse alluvium by large closely spaced dots. To take an illustration. In Figure 32 we have the Apurimac region near Pasaje see location map, Fig. 20 . At the lower edge of the rectangle is a snow-capped outlier of the Cordillera...
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Shining and Other Paths: War and Society in Peru, 1980-1995
Book by Steve J. Stern; Duke University Press, 1998
Subjects: Insurgency--Peru--History--20th Century, Peasantry--Peru--Political Activity--History--20th Century, Peru--Politics And Government--1968-1980, Peru--Politics And Government--1980-, Sendero Luminoso (Guerrilla Group), War And Society--Peru--History--20th Century
...legacy of the Velasco era proved crucial. Mallon focuses on the politics of land reform and land invasion in Andahuaylas in Apurimac, the Department that borders Ayacucho on the east in the early 1970s. The case study matters not only because it came to...
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Empire of the Inca
Book by Burr Cartwright Brundage; University of Oklahoma Press, 1963
Subjects: Incas, Peru--History--To 1548
...awesome natural surroundings as that of Apurimac. Their responses usually were available...coastal Pachacamac was the sierra oracle of Apurimac on the Royal Road northwest of Cuzco. The Apurimac Great Speaker was the river separating...
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To Be a Worker: Identity and Politics in Peru
Book by Jorge Parodi, James Alstrum, Catherine Conaghan; University of North Carolina Press, 2000
Subjects: Labor Unions--Peru, Metal-Workers--Peru, Working Class--Peru
...s): person(s) from the department of Apurimac. caudillo/caudillismo: strongman...of Workers Ancash 12 Apurimac 7 Arequipa 12 Ayacucho...Chiclayo, one from Cajamarca, and one from Apurimac. Workers from this initial group held...
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Appropriating Pawns: Andean Dominance and the Manipulation of Things
Journal article by Sarah Lund Skar; Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 1, 1995
Subjects: Andes--Social aspects, Exchange theory (Sociology)--Analysis, Melanesians--Social aspects, Reciprocity (Commerce)--Social aspects
...the Pincos Valley in the Department of Apurimac in Perus southern highlands. In the extreme...hacienda, large estates in the northern Apurimac were able to move their workers out from...obligation, priests in this area of the Apurimac have been known to seek out the culprit...
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Regional Inequalities in the Peruvian Tourist Industry
Journal article by Greg O'Hare, Hazel Barrett; The Geographical Journal, Vol. 165, 1999
Subjects: Economic geography--Research, Hotels and motels--Economic aspects, Peru--Business and industry, Regional economics--Research, Restaurant industry--Economic aspects, Travel industry--Economic aspects
...large group of Sierra Departments e.g. Apurimac (588), Ayacucho (1850), Huanuco (1554...with score values less than 25 (e.g. Apurimac 2.7, Huancavelica 10.1 and Cajamarca...Departments have limited services e.g. Apurimac (0.9 % and 0.12 %) and Huancavelica...
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Geographical Dimensions of the Shining Path Insurgency in Peru
Journal article by Robert B. Kent; The Geographical Review, Vol. 83, 1993
Subjects: Communism--Peru, Insurgency--Political aspects, Peru--Autonomy and independence movements, Shining Path (Peru)--Political aspects
...southern Andean departments of Ayacucho and Apurimac, primarily through control of the education...capitals and hamlets of Ayacucho and Apurimac. They provided the Shining Path with...province of Andahuaylas in neighboring Apurimac formed the principal territorial focus...
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Contemporary Terrorism in Peru: Senderoso and the Media
Journal article by Kevin G. Barnhurst; Journal of Communication, Vol. 41, 1991
Subjects: Communication
...for the last thirty years, and it ranks, with its neighbors Apurimac and Huancavelica, at the bottom on measures of Peruvian development...proselytizing and indoctrination from Ayacucho to the departments of Apurimac and Huancavelica, and Guzman had acquired the sobriquet...


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The Last Inca Bridge
Magazine article by Loren Mcintyre; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 55, September 2003
Subjects: Bridges--Discovery, exploration, etc., Bridges--History, Incas--Buildings, facilities, etc.
...I first saw a film replica of the Apurimac bridge in a 1929 movie starring Ramon...then to search for one of the lesser Apurimac bridges described in the yellowing pages...plane and flew up the narrow gorge of the Apurimac from jungle to source, photographing...
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Highstakes for an Inca Refuge: For Centuries off the Beaten Track, the Pre-Columbian Site of Choquequirao Now Stands Front and Center as the Tourist's Alternative to Machu Picchu
Magazine article by Toby Fenton; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 56, May-June 2004
Subjects: Ancient cities--Description and travel, Peru--Description and travel, Sales promotions--Analysis, Tourism promotion--Analysis, Travel industry--Analysis
...Cachora sits on the southern lip of the Apurimac Canyon. Below the valley plunges into...abyss, carved out over millennia by the Apurimac River--just miles away laterally, but...nests. As the fields become scrub, the Apurimac River reveals itself for the first time...
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Time of Fear
Magazine article by Nelson Manrique, Jo-Marie Burt; NACLA Report on the Americas, Vol. 24, 1990
Subjects: Latin America--Foreign Relations--United States
...comprised of the departments of Huancavelica, Ayacucho and Apurimac, three of the countrys poorest, and home to 1.2 million of...state of emergency" in the Andean departments of Ayacucho, Apurimac, and Huancavelica, granting administrative control to the...
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The Two Faces of Fujimori's Rural Policy
Magazine article by Nelson Manrique; NACLA Report on the Americas, Vol. 30, 1996
Subjects: Latin America, Latin America--Foreign Relations--United States, United States--Foreign Relations--Latin America
...Civil-defense patrol members perform daily military exercises in Palmapampa, in early 1992. At that time, Palmapampa, located on the Apurimac River, bordered a Shining Path "liberated zone." In its effort to promote worker-owned enterprises, the Velasco regime...
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Peru Moves Left: Will the People Now Take Power?
Magazine article by Penny Lernoux; The Nation, Vol. 240, May 11, 1985
Subjects: American Revolutionary Popular Alliance (Peru)--Elections, Belaunde Terry, Fernando--Evaluation, Garcia Perez, Alan--Elections, Guerrillas--Peru, Peru--Political aspects
...information suggests it is confirmed to the remote provinces of Ayacucho and the adjoining departments of Huancavelica and Apurimac. While the guerrillas have reaped international publicity by blowing up police stations and power lines in Lima, knowledgeable...
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HowTribe Star Bruce Saved My Life in the Jungle; IN THEIR HANDS: Bruce Parry, above, and the Crew, Left, Created an Airstrip and Stretchered Matt Brandon to a Helicopter. Right, Healthy Again, Matt Has Returned to the Amazon for Filming
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), March 23, 2008
Subjects: Airports--Runways, Runways
...Right, Healthy Again, Matt Has Returned to the Amazon for Filming. Byline: Claudia Joseph Set amid dense jungle, the Apurimac Valley in Peru is the centre ofcocaine production in South America. It is described by locals as the Wild West and drug barons...
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Hallelujah for Delia and the Blessed End of Food Snobbery
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 13, 2008
...conditions and was fairlytraded thus ensuring a decent wage for the labourers? Andwhatofthefoodmiles your70percentcocoaCru Apurimac chocolatehad travelled fromitsoriginsbesidea river in Peru? Could your sweet tooth and gourmet sensibilities reallybejustified...
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Anti-Coca Programs Shelved to Placate Farmers
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 4, 2002
...International Development, met yesterday with the commission. CARE has halted its program for alternative-development strategies in Apurimac Valley, one of four areas where it has operated for the past year, spokesman Allen Clinton said in a statement. The sudden...
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Hallelujah for Delia and an End to Britain's Food Snobbery
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 12, 2008
...organicconditions and was fairly tradedthus ensuring a decent wage for the labourers? And what of the food miles your70 per cent cocoa Cru Apurimac chocolate had travelled from its origins besidea river in Peru? Could your sweet tooth and gourmet sensibilities really be...
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Growers Increase Their Coca Acreage; Cultivation Still Lower Than '94
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 8, 2003
...Bolivia, Peru this year showed a 15 percent decrease, with cultivation dropping from 89,000 acres to 77,000 acres. But in the Apurimac-Ene and Monzon valleys, where two-thirds of the illicit coca is produced, cultivation was unchanged, the State Department said...
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encyclopedia articles on: ApurImac  - 4 results

 
 
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ApurÍmac
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
APURIMAC apoore mak, river, c.430 mi (690 km) long, rising in...a narrow valley. After joining the Mantaro River, the Apurimac becomes the Ene; after joining the Perene River, it becomes...main headstreams of the Amazon . The headwaters of the Apurimac, which rise from glacial meltwater on Nevado Mismi, were...
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Ucayali
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...1,000 mi (1,610 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Apurimac and Urubamba rivers, E Peru, and flowing generally north...main headstream of the Amazon River; the headwaters of the Apurimac are the most distant from the Amazons mouth. The Ucayali is...
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Urubamba
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...URUBAMBA ooroobam ba, river, c.450 mi (720 km) long, rising in the Andes Mts., S Peru, and flowing generally north to join the Apurimac River to form the Ucayali. The Urubamba is extensively used for irrigation, and its valley is heavily populated; Cuzco, Peru...
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MaraÑÓn
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...the Maranon to be the authentic headwater of the Amazon, but an expedition in 2000 determined that the headwaters of the Apurimac River (a tributary of the Ucayali) are the most distant from the Amazons mouth. The Maranon is navigable to the Pongo de Manseriche...


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