Jinchupalla

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Jinchupalla
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Jinchupalla
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation 4,189 m (13,743 ft) [1]
Coordinates 18°37′44″S68°39′38″W / 18.62889°S 68.66056°W / -18.62889; -68.66056 Coordinates: 18°37′44″S68°39′38″W / 18.62889°S 68.66056°W / -18.62889; -68.66056
Geography
Location Bolivia
Oruro Department, Sabaya Province, Sabaya Municipality
Parent range Andes

Jinchupalla (Aymara jinchu ear, pallaña to collect, [2] "collect ears") [3] is a 4,189-metre-high (13,743 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Sabaya Province, Sabaya Municipality, south of the Lauca River.

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.

West of Jinchupalla there are two craters named Jach'a P'iya ("big hole", Jachcha Phiya) and Jisk'a P'iya ("little hole", Jiskha Phiya). They are situated north of Wila Jaqhi (Wila Jakke) and a complex called Volcán Apagado (Spanish for "extinct volcano") or Volcán Quemado (Spanish for "burnt volcano"). [1] [4]

Spanish language Romance language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance language that originated in the Castile region of Spain and today has hundreds of millions of native speakers in the Americas and Spain. It is a global language and the world's second-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese.

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References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Estancia Miraflores 5838-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. Historia de 100 barrios paceños contadas por los propios vecinos, 2009: ... Jinchupalla (que signifca "recoger orejas", esto porque los habitantes les cortaban las orejas a los zorros que venían a robar ovejas), ...
  4. "Sabaya". Archived from the original on August 13, 2014. Retrieved September 21, 2014. Sabaya Municipality: population data and map