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10-447: (Redirected from Apurimac ) Apurímac is the name of: Apurímac River , a river in the south-eastern parts of central Peru Department of Apurímac , a region in the south-eastern parts of central Peru Three albums by the German new-age band Cusco : Apurimac (album) Apurimac II Apurimac III Topics referred to by

20-467: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Apur%C3%ADmac River The Apurímac River ( Quechua : Apurimaq mayu ; Spanish : Río Apurímac , IPA: [ˈri.o apuˈɾimak] ; from Quechua apu 'divinity' and rimaq 'oracle, talker') rises from glacial meltwater of the ridge of the Mismi , a 5,597-metre-high (18,363 ft) mountain in

30-579: The Arequipa Province in the south-western mountain ranges of Peru , 10 km (6.2 mi) from the village Caylloma , and less than 160 km (99 mi) from the Pacific coast. It flows generally northwest past Cusco in narrow gorges with depths of up to 3,000 m (9,800 ft), almost twice as deep as the Grand Canyon , its course interrupted by falls and rapids. Of the six attempts to travel

40-505: The builders have indicated that effort is performed to honor their ancestors and the Pachamama (Earth Mother). The event has also been supported by video productions for Nova and the BBC and is the subject of an independent documentary titled The Last Bridge Master (in-production, 2014). It is becoming a minor tourist attraction, with some small tolls charged for tourists to use the road during

50-497: The festival to walk the newly completed bridge. In 2009 the government recognized the bridge and its maintenance as part of the cultural heritage of Peru, and there is now some outside sponsorship. The lead bridge engineer was Victoriano Arizapana . Due to a lack of maintenance during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and early 2021, the bridge collapsed in March 2021. In the following weeks

60-722: The full length of the Apurímac so far, only two have been successful. After 730 kilometres (450 mi), the Apurímac joins the Mantaro River and becomes the Ene River , 440 m (1,440 ft) above sea level; then after joining the Perené River at 330 m (1,080 ft) above sea level, it becomes the Tambo River ; when it joins the Urubamba at 280 m (920 ft) above sea level

70-598: The river becomes the Ucayali , which is the main headstream of the Amazon. Sometimes the complete river from its source to its junction with the Ucayali, including the rivers Ene and Tambo, is called "Apurímac", with a total length of 1,070 km (660 mi). In the 13th century, the Inca constructed a bridge over this river which gave them access to the west. Erected around 1350, the bridge

80-452: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Apurímac . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Apurímac&oldid=1240387304 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

90-417: The second week of June. Several family groups from the communities of Chaupibanda, Choccayhua, Huinchiri and Collana Quehue, have each prepared a number of grass-ropes to be formed into cables at the site, others prepare mats for decking, and the reconstruction is a communal effort. In ancient times the effort would have been a form of tax ( Mit'a ), with participants expected to perform the rebuilding; nowadays

100-480: Was still in use in 1864, and dilapidated but still hanging in 1890. It was the basis for the titular bridge in Thornton Wilder 's 1927 novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey . One such bridge, Queshuachaca , is reassembled on an annual basis. Queshuachaca Even though there is a modern bridge nearby, the residents of the region keep the ancient tradition and skills alive by renewing the bridge annually, during

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