Ch'alla Quta

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Ch'alla Quta
Location Bolivia,
La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, Sorata Municipality
Coordinates 15°53′24″S68°21′16″W / 15.89000°S 68.35444°W / -15.89000; -68.35444
Surface elevation≈ 4,700 m (15,400 ft)
Ch'alla Quta

Ch'alla Quta (Aymara ch'alla sand, quta lake, [1] "sand lake", also spelled Challa Kota) is a lake in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, Sorata Municipality. Ch'alla Quta lies south of the mountain Larama Punta. [2] [3]

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References

  1. ↑ 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)
  2. ↑ Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Comunidad Amaguaya 5946-III
  3. ↑ "Sorata". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2014. (unnamed)


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