Qaluyu

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Qaluyu
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Qaluyu
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation 4,202 m (13,786 ft) [1]
Coordinates 16°37′39″S68°38′02″W / 16.62750°S 68.63389°W / -16.62750; -68.63389 Coordinates: 16°37′39″S68°38′02″W / 16.62750°S 68.63389°W / -16.62750; -68.63389
Geography
Location Bolivia
La Paz Department
Parent range Andes, Chilla-Kimsa Chata

Qaluyu (Aymara qala stone, uyu corral, [2] "stone corral", also spelled Caluyo) is a 4,202-metre-high (13,786 ft) mountain in the Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Ingavi Province, Tiwanaku Municipality. Qaluyu is situated south-west of Pukara (Pucara) and south-east of the archaeological site of Tiwanaku. The village of Qaluyu (Caluyo) lies at its feet. [1] [3]

Aymara language native language in South America

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Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range

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Andes Mountain range in South America

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Qala Paxrani

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Cunuyo mountain in Peru

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The Ch'alla Jawira is a river in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is a left tributary of the Tiwanaku River which empties into Wiñaymarka Lake, the southern part of Lake Titicaca.

Qiwñuyu mountain in Bolivia

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References

  1. 1 2 IGM map 1:50,000 5844-II Tiahuanacu
  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. "Tiawanacu". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on October 23, 2014. Retrieved October 26, 2014. (unnamed)