Apachita (Ingavi)

Apachita
Apachita

Bolivia
La Paz Department

Elevation 4,556 m (14,948 ft)[1]
Location
Range Andes, Chilla-Kimsa Chata
Coordinates 16°45′47″S 68°32′10″W / 16.76306°S 68.53611°WCoordinates: 16°45′47″S 68°32′10″W / 16.76306°S 68.53611°W

Apachita (Aymara for 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] hispanicized spelling Apacheta) is a 4,556-metre (14,948 ft) high mountain in the Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range in the Andes of Bolivia. It lies in the La Paz Department, Ingavi Province, Jesús de Machaca Municipality, north-east of Ch'ama (Chama). Apachita is situated south-west of the mountain Ch'utu Wankarani and north-east of the mountain Imill Wawani.[1][4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 IGM map 1:50,000 5843-I Sacacani
  2. ↑ http://www.illa-a.org/cd/diccionarios/DicAymaraMinEduPeru.odt (Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ "Jesús de Machaca". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved October 23, 2014.