Waylla Q'awa (Oruro)

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Waylla Q'awa
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Waylla Q'awa
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation 4,759 m (15,614 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 18°51′00″S66°35′16″W / 18.85000°S 66.58778°W / -18.85000; -66.58778 Coordinates: 18°51′00″S66°35′16″W / 18.85000°S 66.58778°W / -18.85000; -66.58778  
Geography
Location Bolivia, Oruro Department, Challapata Province
Parent range Andes

Waylla Q'awa Aymara wayllaStipa obtusa, a kind of feather grass, q'awa little river, ditch, crevice, fissure, gap in the earth, [2] [3] [4] "stipa brook" or "stipa ravine", also spelled Huaylla Khaua) is a 4,759-metre-high (15,614 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Challapata Province, Challapata Municipality. The Waylla Q'awa which originates east of the mountain flows along its eastern slope. [1] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 BIGM map 1:50,000 6237-II Cerro Azanaques
  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. ↑ Plan de desarollo municipal Municipio de Turco
  4. ↑ "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, Para: Tercera Edición". Félix Layme Pairumani. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Challapata". ine.gob.bo. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
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