Apachita (Inquisivi)

Apachita
Apachita
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation 4,673 m (15,331 ft) [1]
Coordinates 17°27′54″S 67°07′26″W / 17.46500°S 67.12389°W / -17.46500; -67.12389Coordinates: 17°27′54″S 67°07′26″W / 17.46500°S 67.12389°W / -17.46500; -67.12389 
Geography
Location Bolivia
La Paz Department, Inquisivi Province
Parent range Andes

Apachita (Aymara for the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name for a stone cairn in the Andes, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains,[2][3] "three streams (or crevices)", also spelled Apacheta) is a 4,673 m (15,331 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the La Paz Department, Inquisivi Province, Colquiri Municipality. Apachita lies southwest of Kimsa Q'awa.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Bolivian IGM map 1:100,000 Colquiri 3436
  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. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ "Colquiri". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on March 28, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
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