Jach'a Ch'uñu Uma

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Jach'a Ch'uñu Uma
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Jach'a Ch'uñu Uma
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation 3,960 m (12,990 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 17°04′24″S67°35′38″W / 17.07333°S 67.59389°W / -17.07333; -67.59389 Coordinates: 17°04′24″S67°35′38″W / 17.07333°S 67.59389°W / -17.07333; -67.59389  
Geography
Location Bolivia
La Paz Department
Parent range Andes

Jach'a Ch'uñu Uma (Aymara jach'a big, ch'uñu dried, frozen potato, uma water, [2] also spelled Jachcha Chuñu Uma) is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes which reaches a height of approximately 3,960 m (12,990 ft). It is located in the La Paz Department, Loayza Province, Luribay Municipality. Jach'a Ch'uñu Uma lies north of a river named Ch'uñu Uma. [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.

Chuño

Chuño is a freeze-dried potato product traditionally made by Quechua and Aymara communities of Bolivia and Peru, and is known in various countries of South America, including Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru. It is a five-day process, obtained by exposing a frost-resistant variety of potatoes to the very low night temperatures of the Andean Altiplano, freezing them, and subsequently exposing them to the intense sunlight of the day. The word comes from Quechua ch'uñu, meaning 'frozen potato'.

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 Wayllani mountain in Bolivia

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Jiska Uma mountain in Bolivia

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Nasa Qara (Loayza) mountain in Bolivia

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Chutu Qullu mountain in Bolivia

Ch'utu Qullu is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes which reaches a height of approximately 3,820 m (12,530 ft). It is located in the La Paz Department, Loayza Province, Luribay Municipality, southeast of Janchallani.

References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Luribay 6042-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)
  3. ↑ "Luribay". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on February 15, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
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