Apachita (Chayanta)

This article is about the mountain in the Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Apachita.
Apachita
Apachita is located in Bolivia
Apachita
Apachita
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,061 m (13,323 ft)[1]
Coordinates18°46′10″S 65°39′46″W / 18.76944°S 65.66278°W / -18.76944; -65.66278
Geography
LocationBolivia,
Potosí Department
Parent rangeAndes

Apachita (Aymara: the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes via a stone cairn(a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains);[2][3] also spelled Apacheta) is a 4,061-metre-high (13,323 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Potosí Department, Chayanta Province, Ravelo Municipality. It lies northeast of the village of Wari Pampa (Huari Pampa).[1][4]

References

  1. ^ a b Bolivia IGM map 1:50,000 Ravelo 6437-I
  2. ^ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  4. ^ "Ravelo". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 17, 2016.


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