Ch'uñawi (Cochabamba)

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Ch'uñawi
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Ch'uñawi
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation 3,700 m (12,100 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 17°25′49″S66°27′04″W / 17.43028°S 66.45111°W / -17.43028; -66.45111 Coordinates: 17°25′49″S66°27′04″W / 17.43028°S 66.45111°W / -17.43028; -66.45111  
Geography
Location Bolivia,
Cochabamba Department
Parent range Andes

Ch'uñawi (Aymara for a place where potatoes are spread as part of the procedure to prepare ch'uñu , [2] also spelled Chunahui, Chuñahui) is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes which reaches a height of approximately 3,700 m (12,100 ft). It is located in the Cochabamba Department, Quillacollo Province, Sipe Sipe Municipality. Ch'uñawi lies southeast of Tikrasqa. [1] [3]

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.

Chuño

Chuño is a freeze-dried potato product traditionally made by Quechua and Aymara communities of Bolivia and Peru, and is known in various countries of South America, including Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru. It is a five-day process, obtained by exposing a frost-resistant variety of potatoes to the very low night temperatures of the Andean Altiplano, freezing them, and subsequently exposing them to the intense sunlight of the day. The word comes from Quechua ch'uñu, meaning 'frozen potato'.

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References

  1. 1 2 Bolivia 1:50,000 Quillacollo 6341-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. ↑ "Sipe Sipe". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on March 29, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2016.


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