Chullpa Chullpani

Chullpa Chullpani
Chullpa Chullpani

Location in Bolivia

Elevation 4,878 m (16,004 ft)[1]
Location
Location Bolivia, Oruro Department, Challapata Province
Range Andes
Coordinates 18°55′13″S 66°38′56″W / 18.92028°S 66.64889°WCoordinates: 18°55′13″S 66°38′56″W / 18.92028°S 66.64889°W

Chullpa Chullpani (Aymara chullpa an ancient funerary building,[2] the reduplication indicates that there is a group or complex of something, -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a group of chullpa") is a 4,878-metre (16,004 ft) high mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Challapata Province, Challapata Municipality, east of Challapata. Chullpa Chullpani lies south-west of the mountain Wila Willk'i. It is situated at the river Qala Jawira ("stone river", hispanicized spelling Khala Jahuira), an affluent of the Crucero River.[1][3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 BIGM map 1:50,000 6237-II Cerro Azanaques
  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. "Challapata". ine.gob.bo. Retrieved September 5, 2014.