Chunta Qullu (Bolivia)

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Chunta Qullu
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Chunta Qullu
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation 4,800 m (15,700 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 15°44′24″S68°35′05″W / 15.74000°S 68.58472°W / -15.74000; -68.58472 Coordinates: 15°44′24″S68°35′05″W / 15.74000°S 68.58472°W / -15.74000; -68.58472  
Geography
Location Bolivia,
La Paz Department, Larecaja Province
Parent range Andes

Chunta Qullu (Aymara chunta prolonged, lengthened, qullu mountain, [2] "prolonged mountain", also spelled Chunta Kkollu) is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia, about 4,800-metre (15,748 ft) high. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, Sorata Municipality, north of the Cordillera Real. Chunta Chullu lies southeast of the mountain Ch'uch'u and northwest of the mountain Llawi Imaña. [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.

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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Jacha Waylla Punta

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Chuxñani

Ch'uxñani is a 4,680-metre-high (15,354 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, Sorata Municipality, in the northern extensions of the Cordillera Real southeast of the mountain Jach'a Waylla Punta. Ch'uxñani lies near the confluence of the rivers Ch'uch'u Jawira which comes from the northwest and Jach'a Uma Jawira which originates between the mountain Wila Quta and the Janq'u Uma-Illampu massif.

Chontacollo mountain in Peru

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References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Sorata 5846-I
  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) see: Prolongado
  3. ↑ "Sorata". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2014.


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