The Andes (/ˈændiːz/ AN-deez), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (Spanish: Cordillera de los Andes; Quechua: Anti) are the longest continental mountain...

The Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) is a South American New World vulture and is the only extant member of the genus Vultur. It is found in the Andes mountains...

Neo-Andean is a contemporary architectural movement primarily situated in El Alto, Bolivia, expressed in the city's many cholets (portmanteau of cholo...

The Andean world (Spanish: mundo andino), Andean cultural area (Spanish: área cultural andina) or Andean America (Spanish: andinoamérica) is a cultural...

The Andean Community (Spanish: Comunidad Andina de Naciones, CAN) is an international organization in South America. It consists of the member states Bolivia...

The Andean mountain cat (Leopardus jacobita) is a small wild cat native to the high Andes that has been listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List because...

The Andean civilizations were South American complex societies of many indigenous people. They stretched down the spine of the Andes for 4,000 km (2,500...

The Andean flamingo (Phoenicoparrus andinus) is a species of flamingo native to the Andes mountains of South America. Until 2014, it was classified in...

The Andean wolf (previously described as Dasycyon hagenbecki, though this is no longer an accepted taxon) is a purported South American canine that is...

Andean music is a group of styles of music from the Andes region in South America. Original chants and melodies come from the general area inhabited by...

Quechua word for the Andean condor, kuntur. They are the largest flying land birds in the Western Hemisphere. One species, the Andean condor (Vultur gryphus)...

incorporated a large portion of western South America, centered on the Andean Mountains, using conquest and peaceful assimilation, among other methods...

The Andean cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus), also known as tunki (Quechua), is a large passerine bird of the cotinga family native to Andean cloud...

chakana or Andean cross (also "stepped cross", "step motif", or "stepped motif") is a stepped cross motif used by the Inca and pre-Incan Andean societies...

The spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus), also known as the Andean bear, is a species of bear native to the Andes Mountains in northern and western South...

Andean region may refer to: Andes, mountain chain in South America Andean Region (Venezuela) Andean Region, Colombia Andean world, the cultural area associated...

located in central South America. Its geography primarily consists of an Andean region to the west and tropical lowlands to the east and north. The country...

hat of the Andeans.[citation needed] Compare the so-called "sherpa hat" associated with the Himalayas. List of hat styles Andean culture Andean textiles...

The Andean Parliament is the governing and deliberative body of the Andean Community, conformed by representatives of its four member states Bolivia, Colombia...

The Andean motmot or highland motmot (Momotus aequatorialis) is a colorful near-passerine bird found from northern Colombia to western Bolivia. The Andean...

The Andean tapaculo (Scytalopus magellanicus) was a species of South American bird belonging to the tapaculo group. It has now been split into several...

The Andean orogeny (Spanish: Orogenia andina) is an ongoing process of orogeny that began in the Early Jurassic and is responsible for the rise of the...

Andean Spanish (Spanish: Español andino) is a dialect of Spanish spoken in the central Andes, from southern Colombia, with influence as far south as northern...

The Andean potoo (Nyctibius maculosus) is a species of bird in the family Nyctibiidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....

The Andean flicker (Colaptes rupicola) is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile...

The Andean lapwing (Vanellus resplendens) is a species of bird in family Charadriidae, the plovers and their relatives. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia...

The Andean Volcanic Belt is a major volcanic belt along the Andean cordillera in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. It is formed as...

The south Andean deer (Hippocamelus bisulcus), also known as the southern guemal, south Andean huemul, southern huemul, or Chilean huemul or güemul (/ˈweɪmuːl/...

The Andean goose (Chloephaga melanoptera) is a species of waterfowl in tribe Tadornini of subfamily Anserinae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile...

The Central Andean puna is a montane grasslands and shrublands ecoregion in the Andes of southern Peru, Bolivia, and northern Chile and Argentina. The...

The Andean swift (Aeronautes andecolus) is a species of bird in subfamily Apodinae of the swift family Apodidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile...

culpeo (Lycalopex culpaeus), also known as Culpeo zorro, Andean zorro, Andean fox, Paramo wolf, Andean wolf, and colpeo fox, is a species of South American...

The Andean parakeet (Bolborhynchus orbygnesius) is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots....

The Andean Cat Alliance (Alianza Gato Andino; AGA) is a network of researchers and conservationists working to study and protect the Andean cat (Leopardus...

The Andean coot (Fulica ardesiaca), also known as the slate-colored coot, is a species of bird in subfamily Rallinae of family Rallidae, the rails, gallinules...

The Andean solitaire (Myadestes ralloides) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae, the thrushes. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru,...

Abrothrix andina, also known as the Andean Altiplano mouse, Andean Soft-haired Mouse, Andean Grass Mouse or Andean akodont, is a species of rodent in the...

The Andean swallow (Orochelidon andecola) is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae, the swallows and martins. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia...

Andean passport was the informal name given to passports for South American countries that are members of the Andean Community of Nations (ACN) and followed...

The Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) is a trade preference system by which the United States grants duty-free access to a wide...

Andean Geology (formerly Revista Geológica de Chile) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published three times per year by the National Geology and Mining...

Current agricultural practices of the Andean region of South America typically involve a synthesis of traditional Incan practices and modern techniques...

The Andean tinamou (Nothoprocta pentlandii) is a tinamou, found commonly in high-altitude shrubland, in the Andes of South America. All tinamou are from...

The Andean hillstar (Oreotrochilus estella) is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Argentina...

The Andean textile tradition spanned from the Pre-Columbian to the Colonial era throughout the western coast of South America, but was mainly concentrated...

pronunciation: [ˈpatʃa ˈmama]) or Mama Pacha (pronounced [ˈmama ˈpatʃa]) is the Andean deity representing space-time, revered by the peoples of the Andes. In Inca...

The Andean negrito (Lessonia oreas) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and...

The Southern Andean Yungas is a tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion in the Yungas of southwestern Bolivia and northwestern Argentina...

The Andean gull (Chroicocephalus serranus) is a species in subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae, the gulls, terns, and skimmers. It is found in Argentina...

The Andean hairy armadillo (Chaetophractus nationi) is an armadillo found mainly in Bolivia, in the region of the Puna; the departments of Oruro, La Paz...

The Andean rat (Lenoxus apicalis), or white-tailed akodont, is the only species in the genus Lenoxus. It is a rodent in the tribe Akodontini found on the...

Lampropeltis triangulum andesiana, commonly known as the Andean milksnake, is an alpine subspecies of milk snake. These colorful snakes are covered in...

The Trans-Andean railways provide rail transport over the Andes. Several are either planned, built, defunct, or waiting to be restored. They are listed...

The Andean emerald (Uranomitra franciae) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Colombia...

The Andean laniisoma (Laniisoma buckleyi) is a species of passerine bird in the family Tityridae, the tityras, becards, and allies. It is found Bolivia...

The Andean porcupine (Coendou quichua) or Quichua porcupine is a species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae. It is found in the Andes of northern Ecuador...

The Andean tit-spinetail (Leptasthenura andicola) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in...

Andean pygmy owl (Glaucidium jardinii) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. The Andean...

The Belmond Andean Explorer, launched in May 2017, is South America's first luxury sleeper train. It replaced the eponymous Pullman day train which ran...

The Andean siskin (Spinus spinescens) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats...

The Andean ibis (Theristicus branickii) is a species of bird in the family Threskiornithidae. It is found in grassland and fields in western South America...

The Andean tapeti (Sylvilagus andinus) or Andean cottontail is a species of cottontail rabbit native to Colombia, Venezuela, Peru and Ecuador. It was previously...

Andean slaty thrush (Turdus nigriceps) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru. The Andean slaty...

nations of the Andean Community and Mercosur, as well as several Central American nations. Alternatively, a document called an Andean Migration Card can...

The Andean foreland basins or Sub-Andean basins are a group of foreland basins located in the western half of South America immediately east of the Andes...

Andean toucanet may refer to: Black-throated toucanet, a species of toucan found in central Ecuador to western Bolivia White-throated toucanet, a species...

The history of human habitation in the Andean region of South America stretches from circa 15,000 BCE to the present day. Stretching for 7,000 km (4,300 mi)...

The Andean region, located in central Colombia, is the most populated natural region of Colombia. With many mountains, the Andes contain most of the country's...

The Andean caenolestid (Caenolestes condorensis), also known as the Andean shrew opossum or Condor caenolestid, is a shrew opossum known only from Cordillera...

the worship of common deity symbols, both of which recur in pre-Columbian Andean civilizations. Sophisticated government is presumed to have been required...

The Central Andean dry puna (NT1001) is an ecoregion in the montane grasslands and shrublands biome, located in the Andean Altiplano (high plateau) in...

The Northern Andean páramo (NT1006) is an ecoregion containing páramo vegetation above the treeline in the Andes of Colombia and Ecuador. In the past,...

The East Andean antbird (Drymophila caudata) is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is endemic...

Andean Medjedovic is a Canadian accused by United States and European authorities of involvement in alleged cryptocurrency fraud and hacking schemes involving...

an amalgamation of sounds and styles drawing on Peru's Andean, Spanish, and African roots. Andean influences can perhaps be best heard in wind instruments...

The Andean preceramic refers to the early period of human occupation in the Andean area of South America that preceded the introduction of ceramics. This...

CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, formerly the Andean Development Corporation (Spanish: Corporación Andina de Fomento), is a Caracas-based...

The Andean duck (Oxyura ferruginea) is a bird species native to the Andean Mountains of South America, one of the stiff-tailed ducks. It was considered...

The Andean squirrel (Sciurus pucheranii) is a tree squirrel endemic to Colombia where it inhabits montane rain forest and cloud forests of the Cordillera...

The Southern Andean steppe is a montane grasslands and shrublands ecoregion occurring along the border of Chile and Argentina in the high elevations of...

called chicha de maca may be produced. In 2010, a U.S.-based brewery called Andean Brewing Company became the first company to produce and commercialize beer...

population now lives in its metropolitan area. As the headquarters of the Andean Community, Lima plays a crucial role in regional diplomacy and trade integration...

The Andean guan (Penelope montagnii) is a gamefowl species of the family Cracidae, in which it belongs to the guan subfamily Penelopinae. This bird occurs...

The Andean avocet (Recurvirostra andina) is a large wader in the avocet and stilt bird family, Recurvirostridae. It is resident in the Andes, breeding...

The Andean Information Network (Red Andína de Informacíón) or AIN is a Bolivian non-profit non-governmental organization founded in 1992 to raise awareness...

related to spinach and amaranth (Amaranthus spp.), and originated in the Andean region of northwestern South America. It was first used to feed livestock...

Yanantin is one of the defining characteristics of native Andean thought and exemplifies Andean adherence to a philosophical model based in what is often...

for their natural properties. One site is transnational: the Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System is shared with five other countries. Ecuador has served as a...

The Andean Countries–United Kingdom Trade Agreement is a free trade agreement between the United Kingdom and the Andean Countries—Colombia, Ecuador, and...

Andean Community and Mercosur members nations, and several Centro America nations. They are also given a document called an Andean Card at any Andean...

The puna grassland ecoregion, part of the Andean montane grasslands and shrublands biome, is found in the central Andes Mountains of South America. It...

cat (L. geoffroyi) Kodkod (L. guigna) Southern tiger cat (L. guttulus) Andean mountain cat (L. jacobita) Ocelot (L. pardalis) Clouded tiger cat (L. pardinoides)...

The Andean teal (Anas andium) is a South American species of duck. Like other teals, it belongs to the diverse genus Anas; more precisely it is one of...

remote southwestern region of the Altiplano, within the Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve in Bolivia and located at an elevation of approximately...

Andean Baroque (Spanish: Barroco andino or arquitectura mestiza) is an artistic movement that appeared in colonial Peru between 1680 and 1780. It is located...

of the population. The five Peruvian dialects are Andean Spanish, Peruvian Coastal Spanish, Andean-Coastal Spanish, Equatorial Spanish, and Amazonic Spanish...

Andean Group (Spanish: Grupo Andino) is a trade organization in Lima, Peru. In 1969, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru established the group...

The Andean mountain cavy (Microcavia niata) is a species of rodent in the family Caviidae. It is found in Bolivia, Chile and Peru. The Andean mountain...

Blashford-Snell confirmed the existence of such a breed, the double-nosed Andean tiger hound, while in Bolivia in 2005. These dogs may have descended from...

elections to the Pedro Castillo ticket, however, he was elected to the Andean Parliament. He became First Vice President of Peru following Fujimori's...

centuries of the first millennium AD. From approximately AD 375 to 700, this Andean city grew to significance. At its height, the city of Tiwanaku spanned an...

names include tarwi (in Quechua II, pronounced tarhui), chocho, altramuz, Andean lupin, South American lupin, Peruvian field lupin, and pearl lupin. The...

The Andean mouse (Andinomys edax) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is the only species in the genus Andinomys. It is found in Argentina...

plain"), Collao (Quechua and Aymara: Qullaw, meaning "place of the Qulla") or Andean Plateau is a plateau in west-central South America. Located at the latitude...

The Central Andean wet puna is a montane grasslands and shrublands ecoregion in the Andes of Peru and Bolivia. This ecoregion occurs above 3,500 metres...

cat (L. geoffroyi) Kodkod (L. guigna) Southern tiger cat (L. guttulus) Andean mountain cat (L. jacobita) Ocelot (L. pardalis) Clouded tiger cat (L. pardinoides)...

Antología is a contemporary urban-Andean music group from Peru, founded in 1999 by Dilio Galindo Moreno and José Meza Muñoz. The name Antología refers...

loses 24-year-old Andean bear Gritto, Salisbury Zoo's male Andean bear, dies Powers, Kelly (15 May 2020). "Salisbury Zoo's newest Andean bear cub has got...

flamingo, is a species of flamingo that lives at high altitudes in the Andean plateaus of Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and northwest Argentina. It is named for...

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The mountain tapir, also known as the Andean tapir or woolly tapir (Tapirus pinchaque), is the smallest of the four widely recognized species of tapir...

The pacha (Quechua pronunciation: [pætʃæ]) is an Andean cosmological concept associating the physical world and space with time, and corresponding with...

also called the ahipa or Andean yam bean, is a tuberous root-producing legume, which is distributed mainly in the Andean region. Pachyrhizus ahipa is...

have suffered severe declines from disease. Some species, including high-Andean Telmatobius and Pleurodema, live at altitudes above 5,000 m, showing the...

Andean Council of Presidents; Andean Council of Foreign Affairs Ministers; Andean Community Commission; Andean Community Secretariat-General; Andean Parliament;...

Assembly, the 21 provincial assemblies, and Ecuador's representatives to the Andean Parliament. Voter turnout was approximately 82% and 83%, in the first and...

is a Bolivian self-taught architect noted for his development of the Neo-Andean architectural style. His work is most associated with the city of El Alto...

doi:10.2307/1366517. JSTOR 1366517. Carpenter, F. Lynn (1974). "Torpor in an Andean Hummingbird: Its Ecological Significance". Science. 183 (4124): 545–547...

24C. Urton, Gary (1981). At the Crossroads of the Earth and the Sky: An Andean Cosmology. Latin American Monographs. Vol. 55. Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr...

Pantographa scripturalis, the Andean leaf-roller, is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It is found...

Vaccinium meridionale, agraz or Andean blueberry, is a South American species in the section Pyxothamnus of the genus Vaccinium, part of the heath and...

regional and pan-regional divinities. It has been noted that aspects of the Andean religion extend well beyond the border of the former Inca Empire into the...

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Conservation of High Andean Flamingos and their Habitats is a multilateral environmental memorandum of understanding...

others, so it is not possible to establish its meaning or use within the Andean cosmogony of the time. The Museum of World Culture in Gothenburg, Sweden...

The Andean swamp rat (Neotomys ebriosus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is the only species in the genus Neotomys. It is found in...

Chelemys macronyx, also known as the Andean long-clawed mouse or Andean long-clawed akodont, is a species of rodent in the genus Chelemys of family Cricetidae...

that they are among the fastest evolving regions on Earth. The Northern Andean Páramo global ecoregion includes the Cordillera Central páramo (Ecuador...

Andean tyrant has been split into 2 species: Jelski's black tyrant, Knipolegus signatus Plumbeous tyrant, Knipolegus cabanisi This page is an index of...

The Northwestern Andean montane forests (NT0145) is an ecoregion on the Andes mountains in the west of Colombia and Ecuador. Both flora and fauna are highly...

each breath and breathe more rapidly than either sea-level populations or Andeans. Tibetans have better oxygenation at birth, enlarged lung volumes throughout...

antisensis), also known as the taruka, Peruvian guemal, north Andean deer, north Andean huemul, northern huemul or northern guemal, is a mid sized deer...

ultimately relied on it to sustain enslaved laborers. Traditionally, across Andean cultures, coca leaves have been used for medicinal, nutritional, religious...

been dated to approximately 12,500 BCE in the Huaca Prieta settlement. Andean societies were based on agriculture, using techniques such as irrigation...

single from Shakira's fifth studio album. The song took heavy influence from Andean music, including the charango and pan flute in its instrumentation. It became...

The Andean Railway (native name: Ferrocarril Andino) was a state-owned railway company in Argentina which, towards the end of the 19th century, built and...

plunderphonics and sound collage. Los Thuthanaka combines traditional Andean musical genres such as huayno, caporal and kullawada with experimental electronic...

Páez Timucua Warao ⊟ Andean ⊞ Aymaran Itucale‑Sabela Urarina Omurano Wao Terero Cahuapana‑Zaparo Cahuapanan Zaparoan Northern Andean Tallán Hibito–Cholon...

The Pachón Navarro is a Spanish breed of hunting dog from the autonomous community of Navarre, in northern Spain. It is one of five Basque breeds of dog...

style of cuisine from Peru and Andean countries, which combines modern techniques with traditional ingredients of Andean and Peruvian cuisine. La gran...

Polish Andean expeditions of the 1930s refers to the two expeditions of Polish mountain climbers in the Andes carried out in the 1930s. The First Polish...

Originally, guinea pigs were domesticated as livestock for their meat, in the Andean region of South America, and they are still consumed there. In the Andes...

2020, it numbered an estimated 3,811,000. Queens is home to the largest Andean (Colombian, Ecuadorian, Peruvian, and Bolivian) populations in the United...

wallata snowball, snow lump; Andean goose, -(i)ri a suffix, translated as "abundance of Andean geese" or "habitat of the Andean geese", Hispanicized spelling...

denizen of the Incan netherworld (Hurin Pacha). He is a central figure in the Andean worldview, particularly in the Inca and Quechua-Aymara traditions. He is...

The Andean Region (Spanish: Región de los Andes) is one of the nine administrative regions of Venezuela. It comprises the states of Barinas, Mérida, Táchira...

The Andean catfish (Astroblepus ubidiai) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Astroblepidae, the climbing catfishes. This...

diverse number of ecosystems including lowland rainforests, cloud forests and Andean grasslands. Manu National Park was established by decree on 29 May 1973;...

The South American cougar (Puma concolor concolor), also known as the Andean mountain lion or puma, is a cougar subspecies occurring in northern and western...

The Andean leaf-eared mouse (Phyllotis andium) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. The Andean leaf-eared...

tradition of six main regions within Colombia: Insular, Caribbean, Pacific, Andean, Orinoco, and Amazonian. Colombian cuisine varies regionally and is influenced...

terraces, and stepped structures resemble Andean features. Costume and textile designs in the film further reflect Andean aesthetics. Characters are depicted...

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The Andean crested duck (Lophonetta specularioides alticola) is one of two subspecies of the crested duck. It is much rarer than its sibling subspecies...

smaller tubers are known from four areas of the central Andean region. Oca is planted in the Andean region from Venezuela to Argentina, from 2,800 to 4,100...

Worn for over 1700 years throughout the Andean regions of South America, tupu pins were worn primarily by women. Due to their longevity, tupu pins are...

north through present-day Ecuador, reaching the northernmost limits of the Andean mountain range in the region of Los Pastos in Colombia; by the South, it...

Aztec-Tanoan Oto-Manguean Purépecha Macro-Chibchan Chibchan Paezan Andean–Equatorial Andean Jivaroan Macro-Tucanoan Equatorial (with Macro-Arawakan and Tupian)...

Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018. "High Andean Flamingos (Jamaica)". Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species...

Journal of Andean Archaeology is a semi-annual, peer-reviewed, academic journal published by Taylor & Francis on behalf of the Institute of Andean Studies...

The Andean vesper mouse (Calomys lepidus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. Andean vesper...

American identities. Cynthia Paniagua, a modern dancer from Queens with Andean heritage, begins taking lessons with Nelida Silva, an immigrant folk dancer...

supported Inca religion. One of the most important figures in pre-Inca Andean beliefs was the creator deity Viracocha. During Inca times, Viracocha remained...

In the mythology of the Andean civilizations of South America, the amaru or katari (Aymara) is a mythical serpent or dragon. In Inca mythology, Amaru is...

include Andean mountain cats, cougars, culpeos, Pampas cats, and South American gray foxes; and Chilean, Andean, and James's flamingos, Andean geese, Darwin's...

and on pastoral farming in the higher regions of the Puna. The typical Andean community extends over several altitude ranges and thus includes the cultivation...

nation should control its own natural resources. He supported Che Guevara's "Andean project", an unsuccessful plan to set up a guerrilla movement in the highlands...

Election Office List # Votes Result Ref. Total % P. 2016 Member of the Andean Parliament Popular Alliance 3 38,069 8.15% 4th Not elected...

leaves, used primarily in the Andean region of South America. Both textiles and coca are very important to the people in Andean South America. These chuspas...

orthography of Ecuadorian-Andean Spanish, the grapheme ⟨ll⟩ is also used to represent the [ʒ] sound. Parts of Colombia, similarly to the Andean regions of Ecuador...

the other 26 constituencies electing one each. Peru has five seats in the Andean Parliament, which are elected using a common constituency by open list proportional...

Chavín culture was a pre-Columbian civilization, developed in the northern Andean highlands of Peru around 900 BCE, ending around 250 BCE. It extended its...

President, two Vice-Presidents, 120 members of Congress and five members of the Andean Parliament for the 2006–2011 period. As no presidential candidate received...

woodpecker Andean avocet Andean cock-of-the-rock Andean condor Andean coot Andean duck Andean emerald Andean flamingo Andean flicker Andean goose Andean guan...

important items in several modern Andean villages. Various other cultures have used knotted strings, unrelated to Andean quipus, to record information, such...

The anchanchu, abchanchu or anchancho is a legendary Andean vampire largely originating from the Aymara region of Bolivia. It shapeshifts into the form...

vultures (Sarcoramphus papa), California condors (Gymnogyps californianus) and Andean condors (Vultur gryphus). New World vultures were traditionally placed in...

order, the Tinamiformes. Solitary tinamou Cinereous tinamou Tataupa tinamou Andean tinamou Patagonian tinamou Tawny-breasted tinamou, Nothocercus julius (E-SA)...

importance post 9/11 under the Andean Regional Initiative, as the threat of global terrorism received increased attention. The Andean Regional Initiative initially...

altitude and volcanic activity, which has allowed the formation of the Andean altiplano and salt structures as the Salar de Atacama, due to the gradual...

singer-songwriter. She is known for fusing pop and Andean music, creating the pop andino (Andean pop) genre. In 2023, she won the folclórico ("folk")...

family Sapotaceae, cultivated for its fruit, the lúcuma. It is native to the Andean valleys of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and northern Chile. This evergreen...

marinated in lemon or sour lime juice in contemporary preparation, ancient Andean coastal inhabitants used juices from native plants like the banana passionfruit...

The Hirnantian glaciation, also known as the Andean-Saharan glaciation, Early Paleozoic Ice Age (EPIA), the Early Paleozoic Icehouse, the Late Ordovician...

UN, the WTO, the OECD, the OAS, the CIVETS, the Pacific Alliance and the Andean Community; it is a NATO Global Partner and a major non-NATO ally of the...

it is the most populous city in the country, the fifth largest in the Andean Community, and the largest non-capital city in South America. However, its...

The charango is a small Andean stringed instrument of the lute family, from the Quechua and Aymara populations in the territory of the Altiplano in post-Colonial...

recorded site in the Andean region, with dates older than 2000 BC. It appears to be the model for the urban design adopted by Andean civilizations that...

Vanessa altissima, the Andean painted lady, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae found in Ecuador and Peru. "Vanessa Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's...

brighter by comparison to the quena. The quena is mostly used in traditional Andean music. In the 1960s and 1970s the quena was used by several nueva canción...

Pardiñas’ Andean mouse (Thomasomys pardignasi) is a species of sigmodontine rodent in the family Cricetidae known from the Cordillera del Cóndor and Cordillera...

Microcavia (Mountain cavies) Southern mountain cavy (Microcavia australis) Andean mountain cavy (Microcavia niata) Shipton's mountain cavy (Microcavia shiptoni)...

the eastern extreme. The largest city is Bariloche in the far west in the Andean foothills. Other important cities include General Roca and Cipolletti. Ferdinand...

Kotosh Religious Tradition during the preceramic, or Late Archaic period of Andean history. The site itself is located on the eastern bank of the Tablachaca...

Equisetum bogotense, the Andean horsetail, is a herbaceous perennial that reproduces through spores. It has thicker, less bushy[clarification needed] whorled...

The Andean Baroque Route is a scenic route of Peru mainly dedicated to 4 churches belonging to the Andean Baroque artistic movement, including the Society...

Andean dark constellations (Quechua:yana phuyu, lit. 'black cloud'; (Aymara:ch'iyar warawara) are astronomical configurations identified by pre-Columbian...

amaru, which can either mean "snake" or refer to the snake-like being from Andean mythology. Following the Spanish conquest of Peru in the 1530s, a few members...

bird of prey, and while it can refer to either of the condor species, the Andean condor, or Californian condor, neither is native to China. "Eagle" or "vulture"...

The Andean Sanctuaries Museum (Spanish: Museo Santuarios Andinos) is an archaeological museum in Arequipa, Peru. The museum was founded in 1996 by resolution...

Bolivia) South Andean Yungas (Argentina, Bolivia) Inter-Andean Dry Valleys (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru) North Andean Montane (Colombia...

The Andean University of Cuzco (Spanish: Universidad Andina del Cusco, UAC) is a private university headquartered in Cuzco, Peru. The university was founded...

archaeological sites linked by the Inca Trail and other testimonies of Andean culture. To conserve the spectacular landscape and the natural habitat of...

Quechuan chilltu in Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador, or as tomate andino in other Andean countries), and has been introduced in New Zealand, Nepal, Rwanda, Burundi...

American Plate. Melts caused by subduction have generated the volcanoes of the Andean Volcanic Belt including the APVC. The volcanic province is located between...

the closely related quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa). Cañihua is native to the Andean region, with more than 200 varieties, and it has been farmed in the Altiplano...

Alborada is a Peruvian group of Andean music and contemporary music created in 1984. Alborada is considered one of the Peruvian exponents of world music...

of only two known extant species: the Andean cock-of-the-rock and the smaller Guianan cock-of-the-rock. The Andean cock-of-the-rock is the national bird...

The Trans-Andean Highway (official designation Troncal 7, official name Carretera Trasandina), was inaugurated on July 24, 1925. It is 1,539 km long. It...

one of the most widely grown and economically important root crops in the Andean region of South America, second only to the potato. The tuber is the primary...

cord device, used in the Inca Empire and its predecessor societies in the Andean region to record accounting and other digital data, is encoded in a base...

pejorative chola (diminutive cholita) are Andean women of a hybrid culture between the dominant mestizo Andean urban culture and the indigenous, rural campesino...

frost-resistant variety of potatoes to the very low night temperatures of the Andean Altiplano, freezing them, and subsequently exposing them to the intense...

and politician. She is member of the Andean Parliament since 2017. In 2019 she was the vice-president of the Andean Parliament's Second Commission of Education...

Congress of the Republic of Peru and the Peruvian representatives of the Andean Parliament. In the race for the presidency, incumbent President Ollanta...

debuccalization), or its loss; and the tendency, in areas of central Mexico and of the Andean highlands, to reduction (especially devoicing), or loss, of unstressed vowels...

Salvia discolor (Andean sage) is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant, growing in a very localized area in Peru. It is equally rare in horticulture and...

wallata snow ball, snow lump; Andean goose, -(i)ri a suffix, translated as "abundance of Andean geese" or "habitat of the Andean geese", Hispanicized spelling...

The mountain degu (Octodontomys gliroides), also known as the Andean degu, is a species of rodent in the family Octodontidae. It is the only species in...

Thomas's small-eared shrew (Cryptotis thomasi) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Colombia. Naylor, L.; Roach, N.; Quiroga-Carmona...

the Chilean Matorral ecoregion to the south, with the less arid Central Andean dry puna to the east. Its high altitude, dry air, and near-total absence...

Oligoryzomys andinus, also known as the Andean colilargo or Andean pygmy rice rat, is a species of rodent in genus Oligoryzomys of family Cricetidae. It...

five Andean glaciers (Toro 1, Toro 2, Esperanza, Guanaco, Estrecho and Ortigas) between 2003/2004 and 2007/2008 hydrological years. The Andean "glaciers...

cartouche surrounded by Bolivian flags, cannons, laurel branches, and has an Andean condor on top. Bolivian law describes the coat of arms as follows: The coat...

The Pre-Andine Maipurean or Arawakan languages, formerly known as the Campa (Kampa) or Campan (Kampan) languages, are a group of closely related Arawakan...

Bolivian Altiplano, lik'ichiri in southern Bolivia. The typical pishtaco in Andean lore is an attacker targeting indigenous victims to extract the human fat...

the other 26 constituencies electing one each. Peru has five seats in the Andean Parliament, which are elected using a common constituency by open list proportional...

"Clásico Moderno" of Venezuelan football. It also plays the so-called "Andean Derby" (Clásico Andino) against Estudiantes de Mérida. In 1970, Italian-born...

PVX. Andean potato mottle virus (APMV) and Andean potato latent virus (APLV) are two common viral diseases in the potato-growing areas of the Andean plateau...

coat may be of any colour but merle. Hairless dogs are associated with the Andean civilizations. The modern breed is recognized as a part of the national...

The Andean white-eared opossum (Didelphis pernigra) is an opossum species from South America. It is found in the Andes Mountains, ranging from Venezuela...

known as the Danza de los Diablos (English: Dance of the Devils), is an Andean folk dance performed in Bolivia, in the Altiplano region of South America...

is the country with the most páramos in the world; more than 60% of the Andean ecosystem is found within Colombian territories. Boyacá is the department...

dividing the country into four geographic regions: the Andean highlands, consisting of the three Andean ranges and intervening valley lowlands; the Caribbean...

Amazonian manatee and pipa toads. Mountain passes - 4,100 m Puna grassland Andean-alpine desert Snow line - about 5,000 m Janca - rocks, snow and ice Peak...

can be divided into six distinct natural regions. These consist of the Andean Region, covering the three branches of the Andes mountains found in Colombia;...

curtilobum. There are two major subspecies of tetraploid S. tuberosum. The Andean potato, S. tuberosum andigena, is adapted to the short-day conditions prevalent...

This is an incomplete list of mountains in the Andes that are known to have had pre-Columbian ascents. It is divided into those peaks for which there is...

Its length is about 70 kilometres (43 mi). The Colca Valley is a colorful Andean valley with pre-Inca rooted inhabitants, and towns founded in Spanish colonial...

about 33 kg (73 lb) of potato. The potato was first domesticated by the Andean civilizations in the region of modern-day southern Peru and extreme northwestern...

December 1967) is a Peruvian singer-songwriter and composer associated with Andean music. Luna was born in Cusco to William Luna Rosas and María Moscoso Ojeda...

The United Andean Indian Mission (UAIM), was an ecumenical and interdenominational Protestant mission, formed in the United States of America in 1946 with...

populated by the forcible relocation of indigenous Andean populations, called "Indians" by the Spanish and "Andeans" by some modern scholars. The purpose of the...

the Book of the Faiyum. Flamingos are the national bird of the Bahamas. Andean miners have killed flamingos for their fat, believing that it would cure...

Unido Nacional, RUNA) is a political party in Peru. Originally founded as Andean Renaissance (Spanish: Renacimiento Andino, RA) in 1992 as a political organisation...

Department of Colombia. It is located in the Central Cordillera of the Andean mountains. "Cocora" was the name of a Quimbayan princess, daughter of the...

only weigh 1.0–1.5 kilograms (2.2–3.3 lb) and are endemic to the north Andean highlands in South America. Genetic evidence indicates that the genus Nasua...

Vaccinium floribundum, commonly known as mortiño, pushgay or Andean blueberry, is a South American plant species. The slender shrub can reach 2–3 metres...

between 1926 and 1929 went on a research journey throughout South American Andean countries where he visited northern Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia...

It is located in the western central of the country, specifically in the Andean region. Its capital is Armenia. It is famous for its coffee plantations...

Bolivians Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of Bolivia Andean music Andean textiles Ekeko, Andean god of abundance El Fuerte de Samaipata, archeological...

habitat loss. Common names include Colombian walnut, Ecuadorian walnut, Andean walnut, nogal, cedro negro, cedro nogal, and nogal Bogotano. It is a slow-growing...

Chimu fishermen", Investigations of the Andean past: papers from the First Annual Northeast Conference on Andean Archaeology and Ethnohistory, Latin American...

caudatus (also known as Amaranthus edulis and Amaranthus mantegazzianus) is an Andean species of annual flowering plant. It goes by common names such as love-lies-bleeding...

The Central Andean Pluvial Event is a two-stage climate oscillation in the Central Andes between 18,000 and 9,700 years before present. The first, wetter...

the cessation of ceremonial use of the site is associated with the pan-Andean drought. Later (post-Cahuachi) Nazca society was structured in a similar...

The Lauricocha culture is an Andean preceramic sequence in central Peru, spanning approximately 5,000 years from c. 8000 to 2500 BC. Its type culture is...

interculturality, indigenous philosophies and theologies of Abya Yala, and the Andean worldview. Estermann was born in 1956 in Sursee, in the canton of Lucerne...

The Muisca inhabited the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the Colombian Andes before the arrival of the Spanish and were an advanced civilisation. They mummified...

Facilities at Pachacamac," Andean Past: Vol. 10, Article 12. Pages 213-239. Available at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/andean_past/vol10/iss1/12...

the departments of Cochabamba and Chuquisaca. It is somewhat similar to Andean Spanish but differs in intonation and the use of idiomatic expressions,...

"center" or "middle", and the Quechua term waantar, which refers to an Andean plant classified as Cortaderia rudiuscula Stapf. Indeed, the archaeological...

Andean, and rare James's flamingos. About 80 other bird species are present, including the horned coot, Andean goose, and Andean hillstar. The Andean...

The history of the Jews in Colombia begins in the Spanish colonial period with the arrival of the first Jews during the Spanish colonization of the Americas...

World clades is early Andean uplift. Researchers identified three independent diversification events in the phylogeny of Andean Heliotropium, whose timings...

president, the vice presidents, 130 members of Congress and five members of the Andean Parliament. As no presidential candidate received a majority in the first...

Heritage. Archived from the original on 16 June 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025. "Andean cosmovision of the Kallawaya". UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. Retrieved...

Andean valleys by their humid environment. Both are, in turn, different from the semi-arid depressions of the states of Lara and Falcón. The Andean valleys...

from an eclectic and wide variety of influences, including cumbia, and Andean music like huayno and tarqueada, as well as American genres like crunk,...

Seats are allocated using the D'Hondt method. Peru has five places in the Andean Parliament, elected using a common constituency by open-list. President...

development was influenced by his grandparents, from whom he learned traditional Andean rhythms and took part in ceremonial musical practices. He has identified...

contains a shield with numerous symbols. Perched on top of the shield is an Andean condor, symbolizing freedom, holding an olive crown. The national motto...

civilization, and the Aztec cultures were Post-Classic. Today, for Meso- and Andean South America, the later periods are more often classified using the "Horizon"...

Pedro cactus (Echinopsis pachanoi) has a long history of being used in Andean traditional medicine. The common name "San Pedro cactus" – Saint Peter cactus...

The term Interandean valles (Spanish: valles interandinos) refers to those valleys located in the Andes mountains, typically large flat-bottomed valleys...

pork, beef, chicken, or guinea pig, marinated in herbs and spices. Other Andean produce, such as potato or chuño (naturally freeze-dried potato), habas...

million years ago, the ocean invaded the area which is exposed in Colombia's Andean zone, as subterranean volcanic eruptions in the western part of the country...

Quercus humboldtii, commonly known as the Andean oak, Colombian oak or roble, is a species of oak found only in Colombia and Panama. It is named for Alexander...

In "Southern Andean Iconographic Series" the Staff God pose is a religious icon and a standardized pose reminiscent in its way of the standardized poses...

family Araliaceae. It a tree is native to Ecuador and Peru. It grows in Andean cloud forest, including in the departments of Puno and Cuzco in Peru. World...

refer to either the concept of reciprocity or mutualism among people of the Andean mountain communities or the practice of this concept. The practice of ayni...

Penalties and Broad Services to Address Violence Against Woman in Bolivia". Andean Information Network. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved...

Knotted-cord recording devices used in the Inca Empire and by several earlier Andean societies such as the Wari. Possible Proto-Quipus have been found in Paracas...

with the Militarized Communist Party of Peru, called the United Democratic Andean Revolutionary Front of Peru (Spanish: Frente Unido Democrático Andino Revolucionario...

western side of the Andes, leaving all except the Andean portion of the province dry. In the Andean region, the climate is cold for its latitude owing...

Apurímac. It works to unify Andean culture with Islam. The organization was founded by Edwar Quiroga Vargas in 2012, as an Andean Indigenous rights organizations...

the Indigenous people in Peru represent about 20.7%, of those, 92.3% are Andean and 7.3% are Amazonian. In the Amazonian region, there more than 65 ethnic...

hectares are unearthed. Two additional platforms exist underground. Noted by Andean specialist, W. H. Isbell, professor at Binghamton University, a radiocarbon...

Empire's culture. The Wari Empire was a second-generation state of the Andean region; both it and Tiwanaku had been preceded by the first-generation Moche...

slope of the Andes pre-cordillera. It is a transitional zone between the Andean highlands and the eastern forests. Like the surrounding areas, the Yungas...

four vegetation zones: Patagonian steppe, Pre-Andean shrubland, Magellanic subpolar forests and Andean Desert. The vegetation of the Patagonian steppe...

the Caribbean, coastal areas of southern Mexico, and South America except Andean highlands. Debuccalization is frequently called "aspiration" in English...

the close connection to nature and reflects the collective unconscious of Andean culture. Canadian black metal band Panzerfaust used the Jungian concept...

Gondwana: implications for the end-permian mass extinction - a review". Andean Geology. 44 (3): 328. Bibcode:2017AndGe..44..328S. doi:10.5027/andgeoV44n3-a05...

resembling an Andean one. Given that the terrain facilitates peripatric speciation, as evidenced by the high biodiversity of the Andean region, the physical...

The Secretary-General of the Andean Community is the chief administrative officer of the executive organ of the Andean Community. Since August 1, 1997...

vegetable that also has edible leaves. It is an important root crop in the Andean region of South America, second only to the potato. The leaf and the tuber...

Dialogues Between Ancestral, Local, and Technoscientific Knowledges in Andean Glacier Science". Latin American Research Review: 1–21. doi:10.1017/lar...

represents the famous New Testament story, but with the incorporation of Andean foods such as Cuy. He studied and later taught with the Cuzco School where...

The cultural periods of Peru and the Andean Region were categorized by John Rowe and Edward Lanning and used by some archaeologists studying the area....

d'etat. Pinochet human rights violations". mundoandino.com. Mundo Andino / Andean World. 2006. Archived from the original on 8 September 2008. Retrieved 10...

Andean potato mottle virus (APMoV) is a plant pathogenic virus of the genus Comovirus. "Virus Taxonomy: 2024 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy...

Lines (the giant desert drawings), pre-Hispanic ceremonial sites built on Andean mountain summits, and the ancient ceremonial centers of Machu Picchu, Chavin...

in Northeast Africa; the Indo-Gangetic Plain; the North China Plain; the Andean Coast; and the Mesoamerican Gulf Coast. The Fertile Crescent comprises a...

Andean potato latent virus (APLV) is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Tymoviridae. Viral diseases of potato ICTVdB - The Universal Virus Database:...

has the pipes arranged in a curved array, solidly glued together, unlike Andean versions, which are usually tied together. Thus, the player can easily reach...

southern Lake Titicaca Basin. Tiwanaku was one of the most significant Andean civilizations. Its influence extended into present-day Peru and Chile and...

Atlantic-Andalusian speech patterns while inland regions in Mexico and Andean countries are not similar to any particular dialect in Spain. Most Spaniards...

as in Andean folk music. There are many different size varieties of this instrument, ranging from soprano to bass. the Quena, an indigenous Andean woodwind...

use of construction systems such as the quincha and ornamentations from Andean iconography give Peruvian viceroyal architecture an identity. The early...

Bosque Andino Patagónico, also known as Patagonian Andean forest, is a type of temperate to cold forest located in western Patagonia in Argentina and also...

beliefs of the indigenous Andean population of the former Inca Empire. It has been described as 'the closest thing to an Andean bible'. The Huarochirí manuscript...

that expresses joy and culture while also including elements of Indigenous Andean culture and way of life. The foundations of Afro-Peruvian music were shaped...

species of lizard in the family Hoplocercidae. It occurs on the western Andean slopes of southwestern Ecuador and northern Peru. Cisneros-Heredia, D.F...

cat (L. geoffroyi) Kodkod (L. guigna) Southern tiger cat (L. guttulus) Andean mountain cat (L. jacobita) Ocelot (L. pardalis) Clouded tiger cat (L. pardinoides)...

Andean Yungas Southwest Amazon moist forests Bolivian montane dry forests Chaco Chiquitano dry forests Beni savanna Cerrado Pantanal Central Andean dry...

Chicha morada (literally, Purple Chicha) is a beverage originated in the Andean regions of Perú but is currently consumed at a international level. The...

uncommonly collected genus with subterranean habits in the New World Andean and sub-Andean tropics. With cryptic and eyeless worker ants, the genus was included...

Colla is a demonym used in Bolivia to refer to peoples of the western Andean part of country including those of the capital city of La Paz and the countryside...

the southern tigrina or Atlantic Forest tiger-cat Leopardus jacobita, the Andean mountain cat Leopardus narinensis, the Nariño cat, Galeras cat, or red tigrina...

The Transandino pipeline is a 305-kilometre-long (190 mi) crude oil pipeline, which transports oil from Orito, in the Department of Putumayo, to the Pacific...

of New World vulture that contains two species, an extant species, the Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) and the fossil species Vultur messii from the early...

Dione glycera, the Andean silverspot, is a species of butterfly of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae found in Peru, Venezuela and Colombia...

appurtenances of a regular national army staffed and officered almost entirely by Andeans. At the time, the country had a widespread telegraphic system. Under these...

acquired its current definition as territory. Boyacá is located in the Andean Region in central Colombia, over the Cordillera Oriental mountain range...

Lauca National Park is in Chile's Norte Grande (Far North), within the Andean range. It encompasses an area of 1,379 km² of altiplano and mountains, the...

Jach'a Laymi or Pacha Kuti (in Spanish named Año Nuevo Andino Amazónico (Andean-Amazonic New Year)) is an Aymara celebration in Bolivia, Chile and the Puno...

Spectacled Bear Scarlet Macaw Blue-and-yellow macaw Female Andean cock-of-the-rock Male Andean cock-of-the-rock Giant otter Jabiru Color morphs of Yellow-collared...

bureaucracy. It drew upon the administrative forms and practices of previous Andean civilizations such as the Wari Empire and Tiwanaku, and had in common certain...

President, the National Assembly, Provincial Assemblies and members of the Andean Parliament. The incumbent President Rafael Correa was re-elected by a wide...

The Andean saddle-back tamarin (Leontocebus leucogenys) is a species of saddle-back tamarin, a type of small monkey from South America. The Andean saddle-back...

cat (L. geoffroyi) Kodkod (L. guigna) Southern tiger cat (L. guttulus) Andean mountain cat (L. jacobita) Ocelot (L. pardalis) Clouded tiger cat (L. pardinoides)...

it became a closed basin during the late Pliocene-early Pleistocene. The Andean Central Volcanic Zone and the Altiplano–Puna volcanic complex are in the...

relief, the constituent rocks and the geological structure. The Venezuelan Andean system represents the terminal bifurcation of the Cordillera Oriental de...

length and 9 to 16 mm (3⁄8 to 5⁄8 in) in diameter. Indigenous people on the Andean Altiplano during the middle archaic period adapted their projectile points...

department. It is located in the southwest of the country, mainly in the Andean and Pacific regions (between 0°58′54″N and 3°19′04″N latitude, 75°47′36″W...

native to the Andean forests of Peru, Bolivia and southern Ecuador from 2600 to 4200 meters above sea level. A component of high Andean forests, it is...

posthumously by his students in 1929 Steinmann defined the main phases of the Andean orogeny in Peru. He theorized that the apparent lack of ophiolites in the...

transport cargo to and from Bolivia, and also connects its line with the Andean Railway of Bolivia, Ferronor in Chile, and Ferrocarril Belgrano in Argentina...

Patagonian steppe Central Andean dry puna Southern Andean steppe Chilean matorral Atacama Desert Sechura Desert Bolivian High Andean Complex Arid Puna Atacama/Sechura...

Máquina Camaleön to achieve international popularity. The mountainous, Andean region of Ecuador, the Sierra, is home to a style of music called Sanjuanito...

(600–1200, Central and northern Peru) expanded its influence to all the Andean region, imposing the Huari urbanism and Tiahuanaco religious iconography...

a fungal plant pathogen. It affects plants, primarily potatoes, in the Andean part of South America. This disease of potatoes has caused reports of crop...

an unfinished social proposal that can be improved.[citation needed] The Andean philosopher Javier Lajo understands sumak kawsay as thinking well and feeling...

Premnotrypes (Andean potato weevil) is a genus of weevils (a type of beetles). It was described in 1914 by American entomologist W. Dwight Pierce (1881-1967)...

Oaxaca, and Teotihuacan in central Mexico. Later cultures such as the Aztec, Andean civilizations, Mayan, Mississippians, and Pueblo peoples drew on these earlier...

v t e National symbols of Bolivia Flag Coat of arms Wiphala National Anthem Cockade Andean condor...

Jameson's snipe (Gallinago jamesoni or Chubbia jamesoni) or the Andean snipe, is a small, stocky wader. It breeds in the Andes in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador...

music. In Andean music, the pentatonic scale is used substantially minor, sometimes major, and seldom in scale. In the most ancient genres of Andean music...

monolithic gateway at the site of Tiahuanaco, built by the Tiwanaku culture, an Andean civilization of Bolivia that thrived around Lake Titicaca in the Andes of...

varieties of flamingos, including James's flamingos, Andean flamingos and Chilean flamingos. James's flamingo Andean flamingo Chilean flamingo v t e v t e...

with the reign of Viracocha Inca. It established Inca dominance in the Andean Altiplano, and made the Inca an important entity in the Peruvian and Bolivian...

the economic center of the metropolitan area. A locally indigenous Neo-Andean architectural style has developed alongside this growth, giving the city...

saundersiae Genus Romerolagus Volcano rabbit, Romerolagus diazi Genus Sylvilagus Andean tapeti, Sylvilagus andinus Swamp rabbit, Sylvilagus aquaticus Desert cottontail...

The music of Bolivia has a long history. Out of all the Andean countries, Bolivia remains perhaps the most culturally linked to the indigenous peoples...

testimony of past climate changes and lake cycles. The eastern lowlands and sub-Andean zone in Santa Cruz, Chuquisaca, and Tarija Departments was once an old Paleozoic...

been using native metals from ancient times, with gold artifacts from the Andean region being dated to 2155–1936 BC, and North American copper artifacts...

made up of two or three layers. Patagonian Andean forests. The third forest type is the Patagonian Andean forests, which are distributed at higher elevations...

Mauritius and Chile. The pepino dulce is presumed to be native to the temperate Andean regions of Colombia, Peru and Chile though it is not known in the wild and...

Micrurus narduccii, also known commonly as the Andean blackback coral snake, the Andean black coral snake, and Jan's thread coral snake, is a species of...

blended together using a blender or food processor. Ají has been prepared in Andean countries such as Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru since at least the time of...

smelting in western Mexico suggests either contact of that region with Andean civilisations or separate discovery of the technology. The Calchaquí people...

in the Andes mountain range, the trail passes through several types of Andean environments including cloud forest and alpine tundra. Settlements, tunnels...

tributary to the Amazon River that rises in Ecuador on the flanks of the east Andean volcanoes of Antisana, Sincholagua and Cotopaxi. The total length is 1,075 km...

ancestors of the Aymara people have a continuous genetic heritage in the Andean highlands dating back at least 8,750 years to around 6750 BCE, the Late...

developed oil resources in the Ecuadorian Amazon. In 1972, construction of the Andean pipeline was completed. The pipeline brought oil from the east side of the...

states. International organizations Africa African Union ECOWAS Americas Andean Community CARICOM Central America-4 Europe EFTA European Union laissez-passer...

mountain climates and have played a crucial role in the diets and cultures of Andean communities. However, factors such as colonial influence, intensive agriculture...

still are, especially in the Amazon rainforest. Others, especially the Andean cultures, practised sophisticated agriculture, utilized advanced irrigation...

Rangifer Reindeer (R. tarandus) Hippocamelus Taruca (H. antisensis) South Andean deer (H. bisulcus) Mazama Red brocket (M. americana) Small red brocket (M...

Her hair contained the highest concentration of coca yet identified in Andean human remains. Another DNA and chemical study of La Doncella's hair indicated...

the Peruvian Congress from 1990 to 2006 and as a Representative to the Andean Parliament from 2006 to 2016. During the Second presidency of Alan García...

The Tolima blossomcrown (Anthocephala berlepschi) is a Vulnerable species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae....

freezing temperatures at high altitude, making her one of the best-preserved Andean mummies ever found. Juanita was discovered by anthropologist Johan Reinhard...

Lechtman, Heather (1985). "The Significance of Metals in Pre-Columbian Andean Culture". Bulletin of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 38 (5):...

the family Asteraceae. It consists of sub-shrubs that are endemic to the Andean Mountain region of Peru. They occur in dry, rocky canyons. It is a member...

people were not allowed to use Cumbi. Cumbi was a phenomenal textile art of Andean textiles. The fabric was a fine tapestry structure woven with superfine...

The Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve (Spanish: Reserva Nacional de Fauna Andina Eduardo Avaroa) is a protected area located in the Sud Lípez...

small extinct language family of northern Peru and Ecuador in the inter-Andean valley. They are held to comprise the Mochica (Yunga), Cañari–Puruhá, and...

Local ingredients included potatoes, aji pepper, corn, quinoa and various Andean grains. By this time, sophisticated agricultural techniques had been developed...

people were part of the Intermediate Area, between the Mesoamerican and Andean cultural regions, and within the influence of the Isthmo-Colombian Area...

The Peruvian night monkey (Aotus miconax), also known as the Andean night monkey, is a nocturnal New World monkey endemic to northern Peru. Adults weigh...

Common names: Andean lancehead. Bothrocophias andianus is a venomous pit viper species endemic to the Andes in South America. No subspecies are currently...

south-central inter-Andean region of Ecuador, in the Paute river basin, at an altitude of 2,538 meters above sea level and with a temperate Andean climate averaging...

(2002). "Diet of puma (Puma concolor, Carnivora: Felidae) in coastal and Andean ranges of southern Chile". Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment...

country. The capital hosts the main financial market in Colombia and the Andean natural region, and is the leading destination for new foreign direct investment...

cat (L. geoffroyi) Kodkod (L. guigna) Southern tiger cat (L. guttulus) Andean mountain cat (L. jacobita) Ocelot (L. pardalis) Clouded tiger cat (L. pardinoides)...

in the world. Further to the east, it is part of the less arid Central Andean dry puna ecoregion. The surroundings of abandoned Yungay town have been...

ISBN 978-1-4390-8476-2. Park, Y. (2012). Mirrors of Clay: Reflections of Ancient Andean Life in Ceramics from the Sam Olden Collection. University Press of Mississippi...

territory there were four great areas of indigenous cultures: the Central-Andean, the Mesopotamian-Littoral, the Chaco and the Pampa-Patagonian. The first...

Amaru, c. 1742 – May 18, 1781) was an Indigenous cacique who led a large Andean rebellion against the Spanish in Peru as self-proclaimed Sapa Inca of the...

cat (L. geoffroyi) Kodkod (L. guigna) Southern tiger cat (L. guttulus) Andean mountain cat (L. jacobita) Ocelot (L. pardalis) Clouded tiger cat (L. pardinoides)...

The United Democratic Andean Revolutionary Front of Peru (Spanish: Frente Unido Democrático Andino Revolucionario del Perú) (FUDARP) was an alliance between...

decurva and Bartsia longiflora. These two plants, B. alpina, and the many Andean species are three distinct lineages, making the genus polyphyletic. As a...

1200 BC, and into the eastern woodlands of North America by AD 100. Ancient Andean civilisation began with the rise of organised fishing communities from 3500...

Bolivian band from Capinota, Cochabamba. It is one of the most popular Andean folk music bands in the country's history. Among the styles they play are...

Didelphidae Genus: Marmosops Species: M. caucae Binomial name Marmosops caucae (Tschudi, 1844) Combined range of Tschudi's and Andean slender opossums...

elevation and includes several Andean ecosystems, such as montane forests, elfin forests, montane scrub and high-Andean grassland (puna). These ecosystems...

change their way of life not only economically but spiritually as well. The Andean belief is that all sources of nature are living beings and are sources of...

cat (L. geoffroyi) Kodkod (L. guigna) Southern tiger cat (L. guttulus) Andean mountain cat (L. jacobita) Ocelot (L. pardalis) Clouded tiger cat (L. pardinoides)...

and only near the Colombian border are there highlands related to the Andean system of South America. The spine that forms the divide is the highly eroded...

winter of June through August. The dividing line between the Amazon and Andean climates is uncertain, but depends mostly on elevation. Temperatures become...

6000-meter Peaks - Peakbagger.com". peakbagger. Retrieved 20 March 2026. "Andean Mountains - All above 5000m - Andes Specialists". andes-specialists. Retrieved...

Totonac/Totonacapan Veracruz Veraguas Xaltocan Xochipala Zapotec South America Andean civilizations Indigenous peoples Cultures of Pre-Cabraline Brazil Cultures...

Murra under the influence of economist Karl Polanyi to describe the native Andean agricultural economic model of accessing and distributing resources. While...

Totonac/Totonacapan Veracruz Veraguas Xaltocan Xochipala Zapotec South America Andean civilizations Indigenous peoples Cultures of Pre-Cabraline Brazil Cultures...

this is now known as the Cotton Preceramic Period, which was part of the Andean preceramic period. These early societies focused on the gathering of marine...

mammal predators include the puma (Puma concolor), Andean mountain cat (Leopardus jacobita), culpeo or andean wolf (Pseudalopex culpaeus), and South American...

The Otavalos are an indigenous people native to the Andean mountains of Imbabura Province in northern Ecuador. The Otavalos also inhabit the city of Otavalo...

Primer Congreso del Hombre Andino (First Conference of the Andean Man) was an academic conference in northern Chile organized by the northern branch of...

Cuba, from the symphonies of Heitor Villa-Lobos to the simple and moving Andean flute. Music has played an important part in Latin America's turbulent recent...

Wachwani (Quechua wachwa Andean goose, Aymara -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with the Andean goose", Hispanicized spelling Huachhuani) is...

granites. Its formation results from the ancient folding associated with the Andean orogeny, as with the majority of the neighboring mountains in the cordillera...

Tattersall I, Zhang D (December 2002). "Detection of mycobacterial DNA in Andean mummies". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 40 (12): 4738–40. Bibcode:2002JCMb...

can be divided into two categories of ethnic groups: the Andeans, who are located in the Andean Altiplano and the valley region; and the lowland groups...

forests (Colombia) Northern Andean páramo (Colombia, Ecuador) Magdalena Valley montane forests (Colombia) Northwestern Andean montane forests (Colombia...

similarities, they likely represent a Pan-Andean type of spirit. Stella Nair also views Apu as Pan-Andean spirits with regional differences. Johan Reinhard...

Juliaca – Arequipa line for several years until May 2017, when the Belmond Andean Explorer service was inaugurated. There is a dual gauge track connection...

reserve covers a total area of 740 square kilometres (290 mi2) in the Central Andean dry puna ecoregion and consists of seven separate sections. The reserve...

the Coast, adjacent to the Pacific Ocean; the Highlands, located in the Andean mountains; and the Amazon Jungle. This division, despite its evident limitations...

Cauca Department, Colombia. It is part of the North Volcanic Zone of the Andean Volcanic Belt. The volcano is located at the intersection of the Coconucos...

Common names: Andean forest-pitviper. Bothrops pulcher is a venomous pitviper species found in South America. The specific name is Latin, meaning "beautiful"...

provide religious education to the indigenous people, henceforth called "Andeans," under his control; to provide military services as needed; and to maintain...

cat (L. geoffroyi) Kodkod (L. guigna) Southern tiger cat (L. guttulus) Andean mountain cat (L. jacobita) Ocelot (L. pardalis) Clouded tiger cat (L. pardinoides)...

Matsuoka H, Ohshima K, Kreuze J, Gibbs AJ (July 2019). "Potato virus Y; the Andean connection". Virus Evolution. 5 (2) vez037. doi:10.1093/ve/vez037. PMC 6755682...

The Paracas culture was an Andean society existing between approximately 800 BCE and 100 BCE, located in what today is the Ica Region of Peru. The Paracas...

the complete genome found that he was most closely related to present-day Andean populations and was genetically closer to Quechua-speaking peoples than...

Television; gamelan music in Indonesia (imbal in Java, kotekan in Bali); Andean siku ensembles; Ukrainian and Russian kuvytsi, Lithuanian skudučiai; handbell...

the Peruvian ceviche to a mix of inputs, including European cuisine and Andean cuisine. There is also a variety of historical anecdotes or legends surrounding...

grass known by several common names, including purple pampas grass and Andean pampas grass. It is similar to its more widespread relative, the pampas...

calculated between 1500 and 1000 BC, that is to say, it belongs to the Andean Formative Period. It presents enclosures with bonfires, similar to those...

cat (L. geoffroyi) Kodkod (L. guigna) Southern tiger cat (L. guttulus) Andean mountain cat (L. jacobita) Ocelot (L. pardalis) Clouded tiger cat (L. pardinoides)...

downgoing plate trigger melting within the overlying asthenosphere. The Andean Central Volcanic Zone (CVZ) extends from southern Peru to cover Bolivia...

Indigenous people. The great majority of the Indigenous people live in the Andean and Orinoco (savannah) zones. Large numbers in the Orinoco and Pacific Rim...

Rangifer Reindeer (R. tarandus) Hippocamelus Taruca (H. antisensis) South Andean deer (H. bisulcus) Mazama Red brocket (M. americana) Small red brocket (M...

of Wachwa (Quechua for "Andean goose", also spelled Huachhua) and southeast of a lake named Wachwaqucha (Quechua for "Andean goose lake", also spelled...

diversity, distribution, and natural history of butterflies in Ecuador and the Andean region. Collaborating with entomologist Jason Hall and others, he has contributed...

Schinus molle is native to the arid zone of northern South America and Peru's Andean deserts, extending to central Argentina and central Chile. It has, however...

Canelazo is a hot alcoholic beverage consumed in the Andean highlands of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and northern Argentina. It typically consists of aguardiente...

mediterranean climate Csb. Common vegetation is the highland wooded savanna. Andean forests or cloudy forests appears above 3000 m of great biodiversity. [failed...

Altiplano. The Altiplano Cundiboyacense is surrounded by and contains various Andean unique ecosystems; páramos. 60% of all páramos in the world are situated...

cat (L. geoffroyi) Kodkod (L. guigna) Southern tiger cat (L. guttulus) Andean mountain cat (L. jacobita) Ocelot (L. pardalis) Clouded tiger cat (L. pardinoides)...

yerba mate, as mate was highly valued by those who frequented the cold Andean highlands. Two events are credited to have triggered the construction of...

in which, the ticket placed fourth. He is a former Representative to the Andean Parliament serving from 2016 to 2021.[citation needed] Sousa was born in...

definitively known, a 2021 study in Ñawpa Pacha: Journal of the Institute of Andean Studies suggests that the site was likely called "Huayna Picchu", after...

Northern America, Oceania, the Caribbean, Central America, the Southern Cone, Andean States, and Eastern South America. In the U.S. alone, from 2017 to 2025...

games in the COIN series share the same underlying system first found in Andean Abyss, the original game of the series, designed by game designer and CIA...

hosted in Caracas the Fifth Meeting of the Presidential Council of the Andean Group on 17 and 18 May 1991, where it was decided to initiate a regional...

kilometers (190,000 sq mi) of forests and in the plains at the base of the Andean mountains. However, the FARC and the ELN lost control of much of their territory...

tinamou, Nothoprocta ornata Chilean tinamou, Nothoprocta perdicaria (E) Andean tinamou, Nothoprocta pentlandii Elegant crested-tinamou, Eudromia elegans...

huacas represented the primary connection between Andean ideologies and Inca ideology. Both Andean and Inca ideologies considered huacas as manifestations...

is strongly associated with mixed temperate rainforests of the southern Andean and coastal ranges, particularly the Valdivian and Araucaria forests of...

and black-headed ibis benefit from flooded and irrigated agriculture. The Andean ibis is unusual in being found in high altitude grasslands of South America...

Ferroexpreso Pampeano Ferrosur Roca Ferrovías Metrovías NCA Former State-owned Andean Austral Fueguino BA Western Belgrano Cargas Central Entre Ríos Central Northern...

been reported recently. Registered mammals are among others guinea pigs, Andean white-eared opossum (Didelphis pernigra), tigrillo (Leopardus tigrinus)...

The 19 (or 21) major civilizations, as Toynbee sees them, are: Egyptian, Andean, Sumerian, Babylonic, Hittite, Minoan, Indic, Hindu, Syriac, Hellenic, Western...

erstwhile Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo. She specializes in the study of Andean indigenous cultures. Karp was born in Paris, France, to a family of Ashkenazi...

of recognized languages in Potosí and in all of Bolivia. Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve Torotoro National Park Laguna Colorada Laguna Verde...

Andes. A large proportion of the indigenous population who live in the Andean highlands still speak Quechua and have vibrant cultural traditions, some...

artificially selected for its ease of vegetative propagation. In contrast to the Andean E. coca var. coca, Amazonian E. coca var. ipadu is typically a weaker plant...

traits: a remarkable new Andean rainfrog ( Pristimantis ) with the ability to change skin texture: Phenotypic plasticity in Andean rainfrog". Zoological...

Bartlett's tinamou, Crypturellus bartletti Tataupa tinamou, Crypturellus tataupa Andean tinamou, Nothoprocta pentlandii Curve-billed tinamou, Nothoprocta curvirostris...

The idea has its beginnings in the late 1970s. Seismic studies of the Andean margin seemed to show a zone of subhorizontal lower plate at a depth of...

Dina Páucar (born 1969 in Tingo María, Huánuco, Peru) is a Peruvian Andean music singer and composer. Paucar was born in Tingo María, Huánuco en 1969....

500 years ago, the valleys of El Dorado and Alto Calima had Andean forests and sub-Andean vegetation. The discovery of projectiles indicated that there...

Andean civilization was "pristine"—one of six civilizations worldwide which were indigenous and not derivative from other civilizations. Most Andean crops...

Tawantinsuyu), or curaca (Hispanicized spelling), was an official of the Andean civilizations, unified by the Inca Empire in 1438, who held the role of...

Salares Altoandinos (lit. "High Andean Saltflats") is a lithium mining project in Diego de Almagro, Atacama Region, Chile. The project is a public–private...

instrument in Ecuador. It is used as a rhythm and melody instrument in the Andean region of Ecuador during festivals where dancing and music are involved...

Minnesota, describes their music as a "mixture of Chicha or Peruvian cumbia, Andean Cumbia, and Afro-Peruvian styling’s". Their style of music also includes...

composer Daniel Alomía Robles, written in 1913 and based on traditional Andean music, specifically folk music from Peru. Since then, it has been estimated...

Quechua Alliance is a community organization that promotes and celebrates Andean culture in the United States. Since 2015, the Quechua Alliance has held...

representing its own family Andesianidae and superfamily Andesianoidea, the "Andean endemic moths". It contains three species with a wingspan up to 5.4 cm....

of Inca imperial expansion. The compound pachacuti refers to an ancient Andean cosmological concept, representing cataclysmic change of era-worlds. The...

between the Southwest Amazon moist forests to the northeast and the Central Andean puna and wet puna to the southwest. The climate in this ecoregion varies...

Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae), where it forms part of the Andean clade, one of two American clades. The tribe was originally described by...

the Andean Region". Latin American Research Review. 34 (3): 237–248. Vellinga, Menno (1999). "The Political Economy of the Drug Industry in the Andean Region"...

Fujimori for the detention and disappearance of 67 students from the central Andean city of Huancayo and the disappearance of several residents from the northern...

California, formerly widespread in the mountains of western North America Andean condor Vultur gryphus in the Andes King vulture Sarcoramphus papa from southern...

of the country. Two branches of the Interoceanic Highway cross the main Andean watershed. The Urcos - Inambari branch crosses the watershed approximately...

tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. They are found in the undergrowth of Andean forests. It contains three species: "Pipromorphidae". aviansystematics.org...

ecosystem. The Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project (MAAP) uses remotely sensed images of deforestation events in the Andean Amazon to identify potential...

after the celebrations of All Saints. In pre-Columbian times indigenous Andeans had a tradition of sharing a day with the bones of their ancestors on the...

people of the Caral culture traded for sodalite from the Collao altiplano (Andean Plateau). First discovered by Europeans in 1811 in the Ilimaussaq intrusive...

its provinces, but they often did not have formal planning as many other Andean cities did. These centers are clearly different from the architecture of...

PMID 31061128. Anwar Y (6 May 2019). "Ayahuasca fixings found in 1,000-year-old Andean sacred bundle". Berkeley News. Archived from the original on 12 May 2019...

Dedollarisation Withdrawal from the eurozone Regional organizations Americas Andean Community Caribbean Community Central American Integration System Mercosur...

Cerro de Pasco is a city in central Peru, located at the top of the Andean Mountains. It is the capital of both the Pasco Province and the Department of...

Taczanowski's tinamou, Nothoprocta taczanowskii Ornate tinamou, Nothoprocta ornata Andean tinamou, Nothoprocta pentlandii Curve-billed tinamou, Nothoprocta curvirostris...

the subtropical Andes of Venezuela, central and east Andean slopes in Colombia, and east Andean slopes in Ecuador and Peru; males of this subspecies are...

Thomasomys auricularis commonly known as the red Andean thomasomys is a species of rodent in the genus Thomasomys found in the western Andes of southwestern...

specialised in Andean ethnohistory. Along John Victor Murra she is known for a new radical historiography of the Inca Empire. Besides her Andean studies she...

Santander Department is located in the northwestern zone of the Colombian Andean Region. The area of present-day Norte de Santander played an important role...

Biogeographic rainforest), The Orinoco region, The Amazonia region, the Andean region, and the Insular region. 52.2% of the environment is predominately...

(Quechua: antara; Aymara: siku; Spanish: zampoña or zampolla) is a traditional Andean panpipe. This instrument is the main instrument used in a musical genre...

Claims territory in Antarctica. Full member of Mercosur. Full member of the Andean Community. Signatory to the North American Free Trade Agreement. Source:...

Presidential Leadership Council in Yemen, created in 2022 Andean Presidential Council, part of the Andean Community of Nations This disambiguation page lists...

to the Intermediate Area, where the peripheries of the Mesoamerican and Andean native cultures overlapped. More recently, pre-Columbian Costa Rica has...

chicha, but women control the production and distribution. For many women in Andean society, making and selling chicha is a key part of their identity because...

Rangifer Reindeer (R. tarandus) Hippocamelus Taruca (H. antisensis) South Andean deer (H. bisulcus) Mazama Red brocket (M. americana) Small red brocket (M...

meters (6,562 and 9,843 ft) above sea level and is characterized for having Andean or cloud forests. This altitudinal zone is characterized for presenting...