Kimsa Chata (Sabaya)

Kimsa Chata
Kimsa Chata

Location in Bolivia

Elevation 5,245 m (17,208 ft)[1]
Location
Location Bolivia, Oruro Department, Sabaya Province
Range Andes
Coordinates 18°53′00″S 68°51′52″W / 18.88333°S 68.86444°WCoordinates: 18°53′00″S 68°51′52″W / 18.88333°S 68.86444°W

Kimsa Chata (Aymara and Quechua kimsa three, Pukina chata mountain,[2][3][4] "three mountains", hispanicized spelling Quimsa Chata) is a 5,245-metre (17,208 ft) high mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Sabaya Province, Sabaya Municipality, Negrillos Canton. It lies south-east of the mountain Qillwiri, east of Lliscaya, north-east of Taypi Qullu and north-west of the Laram Pukara, near the border with Chile.[5]


References

  1. BIGM map 1:50,000 Cerro Capitan Hoja 5837-III
  2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. 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)
  4. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Lengua Pukina en Jesús de Machaca
  5. Sabaya Municipality: population data and map