Salla Jipiña

Salla Jipiña
Highest point
Elevation4,944 m (16,220 ft)[1]
Coordinates16°21′52″S 68°03′21″W / 16.36444°S 68.05583°W / -16.36444; -68.05583
Geography
LocationBolivia
La Paz Department
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Real

Salla Jipiña (Aymara salla rocks, cliffs, jipiña squatting of animals,[2] also spelled Salla Jipina) is a 4,944-metre-high (16,220 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Bolivian Andes. It lies in the La Paz Department, Murillo Province, La Paz Municipality. Salla Jipiña is situated south-east of the mountains Ch'iyar Qirini and Chacaltaya.[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 5944-I sheet La Paz (Norte)
  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. ^ "La Paz". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved September 26, 2014.


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