Inka Q'asa

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Inka Q'asa
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Inka Q'asa
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation 4,160 m (13,650 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 16°52′25″S66°44′13″W / 16.87361°S 66.73694°W / -16.87361; -66.73694 Coordinates: 16°52′25″S66°44′13″W / 16.87361°S 66.73694°W / -16.87361; -66.73694  
Geography
Location Bolivia,
Cochabamba Department
Parent range Andes

Inka Q'asa (Quechua inka Inca q'asa mountain pass, [2] "Inca pass", also spelled Inca Khasa) is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes which reaches a height of approximately 4,160 m (13,650 ft). It is located in the Cochabamba Department, Ayopaya Province, Morochata Municipality. The Ch'uya Mayu ("crystal-clear river") originates west of the mountain. It flows to the west as a left tributary of the Río Negro (Spanish for "black river"). [1] [3]

Inca Empire empire in pre-Columbian America

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References

  1. 1 2 Bolivia 1:100,000 Comunidad Chorito 3537, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ "Morochata". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on April 8, 2016. Retrieved April 17, 2016. (including Cocapata Municipality)


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