Wanuni

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Wanuni
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Wanuni
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation 4,148 m (13,609 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 16°53′28″S67°34′25″W / 16.89111°S 67.57361°W / -16.89111; -67.57361 Coordinates: 16°53′28″S67°34′25″W / 16.89111°S 67.57361°W / -16.89111; -67.57361  
Geography
Location Bolivia
La Paz Department, Loayza Province
Parent range Andes

Wanuni (Aymara wanu dung, fertilizer, [2] -ni a suffix, "the one with dung", also spelled Huanuni) is a 4,148-metre-high (13,609 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the La Paz Department, Loayza Province, Cairoma Municipality, northwest of Cairoma. Wanuni lies southwest of Llallawa, northwest of Wayra Willk'i and southeast of Liqiliqini. [1] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Cairoma 6043-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. ↑ "Cairoma". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
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