Chawpi Urqu (Bolivia)

This article is about the mountain in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Chawpi Urqu (disambiguation).
Chawpi Urqu
Chawpi Urqu

Location in Bolivia

Elevation 4,617[1] m (15,148 ft)
Location
Location Bolivia,
La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province, Pelechuco Municipality
Range Andes, Apolobamba
Coordinates 14°36′30″S 69°10′32″W / 14.60833°S 69.17556°WCoordinates: 14°36′30″S 69°10′32″W / 14.60833°S 69.17556°W

Chawpi Urqu (Quechua, chawpi central, middle, urqu mountain,[2] "central mountain", also spelled Chaupi Orko) is a 4,617-metre (15,148 ft) high mountain in the Apolobamba mountain range in Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province, Pelechuco Municipality, near the Peruvian border. Chawpi Urqu lies east of the mountains Surapata and Kulli Pata and north of Q'umir Pata.[1][3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bolivian IGM map 1:100,000 3041 Pelechuco
  2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. "Pelechuco". ine.gob.bo. Retrieved December 13, 2014.