| Llallawa | |
|---|---|
  Llallawa Location within Bolivia | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,653 m (15,266 ft) [1] |
| Coordinates | 17°13′55″S67°45′39″W / 17.23194°S 67.76083°W Coordinates: 17°13′55″S67°45′39″W / 17.23194°S 67.76083°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Bolivia La Paz Department |
| Parent range | Andes |
Llallawa (Aymara for a monstrous potato (like two potatoes) or animal, [2] also named Llallagua Grande) is a 4,653-metre-high (15,266 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the La Paz Department, Aroma Province, Sica Sica Municipality. The two peaks of Llallawa lie northeast of Malla Jaqhi. The lower one (Llallagua Chico) is northwest of the main peak at 17°13′31″S67°45′59″W / 17.22528°S 67.76639°W . [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.
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.
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.
