Ch'usiqani (Chuquisaca)

For the mountain in the La Paz Department, Bolivia, see Ch'usiqani.
Ch'usiqani
Ch'usiqani

Location within Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 3,612 m (11,850 ft) [1]
Coordinates 18°36′36″S 65°24′54″W / 18.61000°S 65.41500°W / -18.61000; -65.41500Coordinates: 18°36′36″S 65°24′54″W / 18.61000°S 65.41500°W / -18.61000; -65.41500
Geography
Location Bolivia,
Chuquisaca Department
Parent range Andes

Ch'usiqani (Aymara ch'usiqa (barn) owl,[2] -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with the owl (or owls)", also spelled Chusekani, erroneously also Chudexani) is a 3,612-metre-high (11,850 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Chuquisaca Department, Oropeza Province, Poroma Municipality.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Bolivia 1:50,000 Poroma 6538-III
  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. ↑ "Poroma". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved April 15, 2016.


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