Ch'alla Qullu (La Paz)

This article is about the mountain in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Ch'alla Qullu (disambiguation).
Ch'alla Qullu
Ch'alla Qullu

Location within Bolivia

Elevation 4,660 m (15,290 ft)[1]
Location
Location Bolivia
La Paz Department
Range Andes, Chilla-Kimsa Chata
Coordinates 16°42′37″S 68°43′46″W / 16.71028°S 68.72944°WCoordinates: 16°42′37″S 68°43′46″W / 16.71028°S 68.72944°W

Ch'alla Qullu (Aymara ch'alla sand, qullu mountain,[2] "sand mountain", also spelled Challa Kkollu) is a mountain in the Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range in the Andes of Bolivia, about 4,660 metres (15,289 ft) high. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Ingavi Province, Jesús de Machaca Municipality. Ch'alla Qullu lies north-west of the mountain Chhuxlla Willk'i. The river Chuñu Jawira ("chuñu river", Chuñu Jahuira) originates near the mountain. It flows to the south as a right affluent of Jach'a Jawira.[1][3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 IGM map 1:50,000 5843-I Sacacani
  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. "Jesús de Machaca". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved October 27, 2014. (unnamed)