Jach'a Apachita
Jach'a Apachita is located in Bolivia
Jach'a Apachita
Jach'a Apachita
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,920 m (16,140 ft)[1]
Coordinates18°05′46″S 68°20′46″W / 18.09611°S 68.34611°W / -18.09611; -68.34611
Geography
LocationBolivia, Oruro Department
Parent rangeAndes

Jach'a Apachita (Aymara jach'a big, apachita the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name in the Andes for a stone cairn, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains,[2][3] also spelled Jachcha Apacheta) is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia which reaches a height of approximately 4,920 m (16,140 ft). It is located in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, in the southeast of the Curahuara de Carangas Municipality.[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Estancia Marcarani Hoja 5939-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. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  4. "Curaguara de Carangas". Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2016. (unnamed)


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