Ch'uñawi

Ch'uñawi

Ch'uñawi (the highest mountain on the right) as seen from the La Cumbre mountain pass in the south-west
Elevation 4,846 m (15,899 ft)[1]
Location
Ch'uñawi

Bolivia

Location Bolivia,
La Paz Department, Murillo Province
Range Andes, Cordillera Real
Coordinates 16°18′18″S 67°59′16″W / 16.30500°S 67.98778°WCoordinates: 16°18′18″S 67°59′16″W / 16.30500°S 67.98778°W

Ch'uñawi (Aymara for a place where potatoes are spread as part of the procedure to prepare ch'uñu,[2] hispanicized spelling Chunahui) is a 4,846 metres (15,899 ft) high mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia It lies in the La Paz Department, Murillo, La Paz Municipality, north-east of the city of La Paz. Ch'uñawi is situated north-west of the mountains Mik'aya and Wak'ani and north-east of Jamp'aturi.[1][3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bolivian IGM map 1:100,000 Chulumani sheet 3338
  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. "La Paz". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved September 25, 2014.