Jach'a Ch'ankha

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Jach'a Ch'ankha
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Jach'a Ch'ankha
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation 4,345 m (14,255 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 17°58′37″S66°55′48″W / 17.97694°S 66.93000°W / -17.97694; -66.93000 Coordinates: 17°58′37″S66°55′48″W / 17.97694°S 66.93000°W / -17.97694; -66.93000  
Geography
Location Bolivia,
Oruro Department
Parent range Andes

Jach'a Ch'ankha (Aymara jach'a big, great, ch'ankha wool cord, [2] "great cord", also spelled Jachcha Chankha) is a 4,345-metre-high (14,255 ft) mountain in the Andes in Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Cercado Province, Paria Municipality (formerly Soracachi), 16 km east of Oruro. [3] Jach'a Ch'ankha lies near the villages of Paya Payani in the northeast, Qala Qala in the south and Irsuma in the southwest.

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

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Bolivia country in South America

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References

  1. ↑ Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Thola Palca 6240-III
  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. ↑ Surakachi Municipality Archived 2016-04-06 at the Wayback Machine.: population data and map
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