Ch'api Ch'apini

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Ch'api Ch'apini
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Ch'api Ch'apini
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation 4,640 m (15,220 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 17°04′35″S67°24′26″W / 17.07639°S 67.40722°W / -17.07639; -67.40722 Coordinates: 17°04′35″S67°24′26″W / 17.07639°S 67.40722°W / -17.07639; -67.40722  
Geography
Location Bolivia,
La Paz Department
Parent range Andes

Ch'api Ch'apini (Aymara ch'api thorn, [2] the reduplication indicates that there is a complex of something, -ni a suffix, "the one with many thorns, also spelled Chapi Chapini) is a mountain in the La Paz Department in the Andes of Bolivia which reaches a height of approximately 4,640 m (15,220 ft). It is located in the Loayza Province, Malla Municipality. Ch'api Ch'apini lies southwest of Wari Jarisiña. [3]

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Chapi Qullu (La Paz) mountain in Bolivia

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Chapiri Bolivian mountain

Ch'apiri is a 4,302-metre-high (14,114 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Curahuara de Carangas Municipality. It lies east of a village of that name. The Ch'apiri River originates at the mountain.. It flows to Curahuara de Carangas in the north.

References

  1. ↑ Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Yaco 6142-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. ↑ "Malla". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on October 20, 2014. Retrieved February 23, 2016.



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