Wila Wilani (Los Andes)

Wila Wilani
Wila Wilani

Location in Bolivia

Elevation 5,250 m (17,220 ft)[1]
Location
Location Bolivia,
La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality
Range Andes, Cordillera Real
Coordinates 16°01′21″S 68°26′16″W / 16.02250°S 68.43778°WCoordinates: 16°01′21″S 68°26′16″W / 16.02250°S 68.43778°W

Wila Wilani (Aymara wila blood, blood-red,[2][3] the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, "the one with a complex of red color") is a 5,250-metre (17,224 ft) high mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality, southwest of the mountain Chachakumani.[4] Wila Wilani lies between the rivers Qillwani and Chachakumani. It is situated near the mountains Patapatani and Jach'a T'uxu in the northeast and Wari Sipitaña in the southeast.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bolivian IGM map 1.50,000 sheet Lago Khara Kkota
  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. ↑ "Diccionario Quechua - Aymara al español". katari.org. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Batallas". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved September 28, 2014.