Jach'a Apachita

For the mountain in the La Paz Department, Bolivia, see Jach'a Apachita (La Paz).
Jach'a Apachita
Jach'a Apachita is located in Bolivia
Jach'a Apachita
Jach'a Apachita
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,920 m (16,140 ft)[1]
Coordinates18°05′46″S 68°20′46″W / 18.09611°S 68.34611°W / -18.09611; -68.34611
Geography
LocationBolivia, Oruro Department
Parent rangeAndes

Jach'a Apachita (Aymara jach'a big, apachita the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name in the Andes for a stone cairn, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains,[2][3] also spelled Jachcha Apacheta) is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia which reaches a height of approximately 4,920 m (16,140 ft). It is located in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, in the southeast of the Curahuara de Carangas Municipality.[1][4]

References

  1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Estancia Marcarani Hoja 5939-IV
  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. ^ "Curaguara de Carangas". Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2016. (unnamed)


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