Layqa Qullu

Layqa Qullu
Layqa Qullu
	Illimani massif as seen from the west
Highest point
Elevation	6,166 m (20,230 ft) [1]
Coordinates	16°39′12″S67°46′00″W / 16.65333°S 67.76667°W Coordinates: 16°39′12″S67°46′00″W / 16.65333°S 67.76667°W
Geography
	Layqa Qullu Location within Bolivia
Location	Bolivia, ; La Paz Department, Murillo Province, Sud Yungas Province
Parent range	Andes, Cordillera Real

Last updated April 17, 2019

Layqa Qullu (Aymara layqa wizard, sorcerer, witch, sorceress, witch doctor, medicine man, qullu mountain,^[2] "wizard mountain", also spelled Laica Kkollu) is a 6,166-metre-high (20,230 ft) peak in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia. It is one of the highest peaks in the Illimani massif. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Murillo Province, Palca Municipality, and in the Sud Yungas Province, Irupana Municipality. Layqa Qullu lies south-east of the highest point of the massif, north-west of Link'u Link'u and Silla Pata.^[1]^[3]

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.

The Cordillera Real is a mountain range in the South American Altiplano of Bolivia. This range of fold mountains, largely composed of granite, is located southeast of Lake Titicaca, and east of the Bolivian capital of La Paz, measuring 125 km in length and 20 km in width. Despite the fact that it is only 17° south of the Equator, the Cordillera Real is relatively densely glaciated. This is due to its proximity to the Amazon lowlands with its associated moist air masses.

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.

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References

1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Palca 6044-III
↑ 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)
↑ "Irupana". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on October 29, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2014.

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[igm-1] 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Palca 6044-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] "Irupana". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on October 29, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2014.