Chachakumani (Cochabamba)

This article is about the mountain in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Chachakumani (disambiguation).
Chachakumani
Chachakumani

Location in Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 4,592 m (15,066 ft) [1]
Coordinates 17°34′54″S 66°54′10″W / 17.58167°S 66.90278°W / -17.58167; -66.90278Coordinates: 17°34′54″S 66°54′10″W / 17.58167°S 66.90278°W / -17.58167; -66.90278
Geography
Location Bolivia,
Cochabamba Department
Parent range Andes

Chachakumani (Quechua chachakuma a medical plant,[2][3] -ni an Aymara suffix, "the one with the chachakuma plant, also spelled Chachacomani) is a 4,592-metre-high (15,066 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Cochabamba Department, Tapacari Province. Chachakumani lies northwest of Janq'u Pukara and Ñuñu Qullu.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Bolivia 1:50,000 Leque 6241-III
  2. ↑ seccion.portalpatrimonio.cl Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes, Conociendo la Cultura Aymara: ... Chachakuma: pata uraqinakan alija, sutipax qichwawa, ... (Aymara text saying that Chachakuma is originally a Quechua word)
  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. ↑ "Tapacari". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved March 23, 2016.


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