Chuqi Sillani

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Chuqi Sillani
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Chuqi Sillani
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation 4,812 m (15,787 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 17°11′40″S67°43′07″W / 17.19444°S 67.71861°W / -17.19444; -67.71861 Coordinates: 17°11′40″S67°43′07″W / 17.19444°S 67.71861°W / -17.19444; -67.71861  
Geography
Location Bolivia
La Paz Department, Loayza Province, Luribay Municipality
Parent range Andes

Chuqi Sillani (Aymara chuqi gold, silla cane of maize, [2] -ni a suffix, "the one with the golden cane of maize", also spelled Choque Sillani) is a 4,812-metre-high (15,787 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the La Paz Department, Loayza Province, Luribay Municipality. Chuqi Sillani lies southeast of Qillwan Quta and east of a plain named Qillwan Quta Pampa. [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.

Cane (grass)

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Maize Cereal grain

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References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Sicasica 6042-II
  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. ↑ "Luribay". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on February 15, 2016. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
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