Ch'uch'u Apachita

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Ch'uch'u Apachita
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Ch'uch'u Apachita
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation 4,855 m (15,928 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 15°43′35″S68°36′05″W / 15.72639°S 68.60139°W / -15.72639; -68.60139 Coordinates: 15°43′35″S68°36′05″W / 15.72639°S 68.60139°W / -15.72639; -68.60139  
Geography
Location Bolivia,
La Paz Department
Parent range Andes

Ch'uch'u Apachita (Aymara ch'uch'u cold, cold liquid, 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] [4] also spelled Chuchu Apacheta, [1] Chunchu Apacheta [5] ) is a 4,855-metre-high (15,928 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, Sorata Municipality. Ch'uch'u Apachita lies north of the main range of the Cordillera Real, south to southwest of the mountain Ch'uch'u, northwest of Chunta Qullu and east of Jukumarini. This is where the river Ch'uch'u Jawira originates. [5] [6]

Aymara language native language in South America

Aymara is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Andes. It is one of only a handful of Native American languages with over one million speakers. Aymara, along with Spanish, is one of the official languages of Bolivia and parts of Peru. It is also spoken, to a much lesser extent, by some communities in northern Chile, where it is a recognized minority language.

Andes mountain range running along the tu mamide of South America

The Andes or Andean Mountains are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. This range is about 7,000 km (4,300 mi) long, about 200 to 700 km wide, and of an average height of about 4,000 m (13,000 ft). The Andes extend from north to south through seven South American countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina.

Bolivia country in South America

Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia is a landlocked country located in western-central South America. The capital is Sucre while the seat of government and financial center is located in La Paz. The largest city and principal industrial center is Santa Cruz de la Sierra, located on the Llanos Orientales a mostly flat region in the east of Bolivia.

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Janqu Apachita mountain in Bolivia

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Wila Apachita mountain in Bolivia

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References

  1. 1 2 Cordillera Real Nord (Illampu) - Bolivien - 1:50 000 Deutscher Alpenverein 1987
  2. ↑ "Diccionario de Sinónimos de lengua aymara". Félix Layme Pairumani. Archived from the original on January 10, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
  3. ↑ http://www.illa-a.org/cd/diccionarios/DicAymaraMinEduPeru.odt (Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  5. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Sorata 5846-I
  6. ↑ "Sorata". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved November 30, 2014. (unnamed)


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