Wawachani

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Wawachani
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Wawachani
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation 5,136 m (16,850 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 18°57′26″S66°23′47″W / 18.95722°S 66.39639°W / -18.95722; -66.39639 Coordinates: 18°57′26″S66°23′47″W / 18.95722°S 66.39639°W / -18.95722; -66.39639  
Geography
Location Bolivia, Oruro Department, Challapata Province
Parent range Andes

Wawachani (Aymara wawachaña to give birth (animals, women) - ni a suffix, [2] Hispanicized spelling Huahuachani) is a 5,136-metre-high (16,850 ft) mountain in the Andes in Bolivia. It is sistuated in the Oruro Department, Challapata Province, Challapata Municipality. It lies north-west of the mountains Wichhu Qullu and Wila Qullu and east of Thuru.

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.

In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns or adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs.

Andes Mountain range in 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.

The river Jach'a Jawira (Aymara for "big river", Jachcha Jahuira) which later is called Kuntur Nasa ("condor nose", Condor Nasa) after it reaches the mountain of the same name originates near Wawachani. It flows to the south-west. [1] [3]

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Wila Qullu (Inquisivi)

Wila Qullu is a 4,545-metre-high (14,911 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the La Paz Department, Inquisivi Province, Colquiri Municipality. Wila Qullu lies northwest of Iru Pata and Jaqi Jiwata. The Wila Qullu River originates at the mountain. It flows to the Janq'u Quta River in the west.

Kuntur Uta

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References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Estancia Calacota 6336-IV
  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. ↑ "Challapata". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved October 13, 2014. (unnamed)
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