Waylla Tira

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Waylla Tira
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Waylla Tira
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation 4,324 m (14,186 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 19°19′16″S65°37′10″W / 19.32111°S 65.61944°W / -19.32111; -65.61944 Coordinates: 19°19′16″S65°37′10″W / 19.32111°S 65.61944°W / -19.32111; -65.61944  
Geography
Location Bolivia
Potosí Department,
Tomás Frías Province
Parent range Andes

Waylla Tira (Aymara wayllaStipa obtusa, a kind of feather grass, tira cradle, [2] [3] "feather grass cradle", Hispanicized spelling Huayllatira) is a 4,324-metre-high (14,186 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Potosí Department, Tomás Frías Province, Potosí Municipality. Waylla Tira lies east of the Challwiri River, [1] [4] an affluent of the Pillku Mayu.

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.

<i>Stipa</i> genus of plants

Stipa is a genus of around 300 large perennial hermaphroditic grasses collectively known as feather grass, needle grass, and spear grass. They are placed in the subfamily Pooideae and the tribe Stipeae.

Andes Mountain range in South America

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References

  1. 1 2 BIGM map 1.50,000 6436-II Colavi
  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. ↑ "Potosí". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved October 12, 2014. (unnamed)


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