Chuqi Q'awa
For the lower mountain north-east of Chuqi Q'awa in the Jesús de Machaca Municipality, Ingavi Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia, see Chuqi Q'awa (Chuñuni Jawira).
| Chuqi Q'awa | |
|---|---|
  Chuqi Q'awa Location within Bolivia | |
| Elevation | 4,790 m (15,720 ft)[1] |
| Location | |
| Location |
Bolivia La Paz Department |
| Range | Andes, Chilla-Kimsa Chata |
| Coordinates | 16°43′24″S 68°38′19″W / 16.72333°S 68.63861°WCoordinates: 16°43′24″S 68°38′19″W / 16.72333°S 68.63861°W |
Chuqi Q'awa (Aymara chuqi gold, q'awa little river, ditch, crevice, fissure, gap in the earth, [2][3] "gold brook" or "gold ravine", hispanicized spelling Choque Khaua) is a 4,790-metre (15,715 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. Chuqi Q'awa is situated west of the mountain Pukara.
Chuqi Q'awa is also the name of the river east of the mountain. Its waters flows to Jach'a Jawira in the south.[1][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 IGM map 1:50,000 5843-I Sacacani
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, Para: Tercera Edición". Félix Layme Pairumani. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Jesús de Machaca". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved October 24, 2014. (unnamed)
