Chachakumani (Oruro)

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Chachakumani
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Chachakumani
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation 4,712 m (15,459 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 18°19′46″S68°58′18″W / 18.32944°S 68.97167°W / -18.32944; -68.97167 Coordinates: 18°19′46″S68°58′18″W / 18.32944°S 68.97167°W / -18.32944; -68.97167  
Geography
Location Bolivia
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Occidental

Chachakumani (Quechua chachakuma a medical plant, [2] [3] -ni an Aymara suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with chachakuma, Hispanicized spelling Chachacomani) is a 4,712-metre-high (15,459 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Occidental in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, in the west of the Turco Municipality. Chachakumani lies south of Muru Qullu, northeast of Umurata and Kuntur Ikiña and southeast of Uqi Uqini. The Jaruma River flows between Muru Qullu and Chachakumani. It is a tributary of the Sajama River. [1] [4]

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.

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References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Estancia Laguna 5839-III
  2. ↑ seccion.portalpatrimonio.cl Archived 2013-12-16 at the Wayback Machine . Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes, Conociendo la Cultura Aymara: ... Chachakuma: pata uraqinakan alija, sutipax qichwawa, ... (Aymara text saying that Chachakuma is originally a Quechua word)
  3. ↑ 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)
  4. ↑ "Turco". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2014.


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