Jisk'a Chukita

Jisk'a Chukita
Highest point
Elevation 4,980 m (16,340 ft) [1]
Coordinates 16°12′40″S 68°10′54″W / 16.21111°S 68.18167°W / -16.21111; -68.18167Coordinates: 16°12′40″S 68°10′54″W / 16.21111°S 68.18167°W / -16.21111; -68.18167
Geography
Location Bolivia
La Paz Department, Murillo Province, La Paz Municipality
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Real

Jisk'a Chukita (Aymara jisk'a little, chukiña to plow for sowing,[2][3] -ta a suffix, "little plowed (mountain)", also spelled Jiskha Choqueta) is a mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Bolivian Andes, about 4,980 m (16,339 ft) high. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Murillo Province, La Paz Municipality. Jisk'a Chukita lies northwest of Jach'a Chukita and southeast of Kunturiri. Ch'iyar Quta Jawira (Aymara for "black lake river", also spelled Chiar Khota Jahuira) flows along its northern slopes.[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Milluni 5945-II
  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. ↑ "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, 2002". Félix Layme Pairumani. Retrieved November 18, 2014. (see: Sembrar)
  4. ↑ "La Paz". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved May 18, 2015. (see: Jiskha Choquela)
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