Wayllani (La Paz)

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Wayllani
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Wayllani
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation 4,172 m (13,688 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 16°46′24″S68°28′42″W / 16.77333°S 68.47833°W / -16.77333; -68.47833 Coordinates: 16°46′24″S68°28′42″W / 16.77333°S 68.47833°W / -16.77333; -68.47833  
Geography
Location Bolivia,
La Paz Department
Ingavi Province, Los Andes Province
Parent range Andes, Chilla-Kimsa Chata

Wayllani [2] (Aymara wayllaStipa obtusa, a kind of feather grass, [3] [4] -ni a suffix, "the one with the feather grass", also spelled Huayllani) is a 4,172 m (13,688 ft) mountain in the Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Ingavi Province, on the border of the municipalities of Jesús de Machaca and Viacha. It lies southeast of Turini. [2] [5]

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.

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References

  1. ↑ Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Cerro Letanias 5943-IV
  2. 1 2 Ley No. 2351, Ley de 7 de Mayo de 2002
  3. ↑ Plan de desarollo municipal Municipio de Turco (Spanish)
  4. ↑ 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)
  5. ↑ "Jesús de Machaca". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved February 4, 2016. (unnamed)
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