Jach'a Jipiña

Jach'a Jipiña
Jach'a Jipiña

Location in Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 4,950 m (16,240 ft) [1]
Coordinates 16°11′55″S 68°17′21″W / 16.19861°S 68.28917°W / -16.19861; -68.28917Coordinates: 16°11′55″S 68°17′21″W / 16.19861°S 68.28917°W / -16.19861; -68.28917
Geography
Location Bolivia,
La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Pucarani
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Real

Jach'a Jipiña (Aymara jach'a big, jipiña squatting of animals,[2] 'big place where the animals crouch' or 'big resting place of animals', Hispanicized spelling Jachcha Jipina) is a 4,950-metre-high (16,240 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Pucarani Municipality. Jach'a Jipiña lies south-west of the lake Juri Quta.[1][3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Peñas 5945-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. ↑ "Pucarani". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on October 29, 2014. Retrieved September 10, 2014. (unnamed)
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