Ch'usiqani

For the mountain in the Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia, see Ch'usiqani (Chuquisaca).
Ch'usiqani
Ch'usiqani

Location within Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 4,260 m (13,980 ft)
Coordinates 14°33′58″S 69°06′28″W / 14.56611°S 69.10778°W / -14.56611; -69.10778Coordinates: 14°33′58″S 69°06′28″W / 14.56611°S 69.10778°W / -14.56611; -69.10778
Geography
Location Bolivia
Parent range Andes

Ch'usiqani (Aymara ch'usiqa (barn) owl,[1]-ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with the owl (or owls)", also spelled Chusekani) is a mountain northeast of the Apolobamba mountain range in the Andes of Bolivia, about 4,260 metres (13,976 ft) high. It is located in the La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province, in the north of the Pelechuco Municipality. Ch'usiqani lies near the Peruvian border, west of Yawa Yawa and southeast of Chawpi Wayq'u.[2][3]

References

  1. 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)
  2. Bolivian IGM map 1:100,000 3041 Pelechuco
  3. "Pelechuco". ine.gob.bo. Archived from the original on December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
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