Chuqi Q'awa (Chuñuni Jawira)

This article is about the mountain near Chuñuni Jawira in the Jesús de Machaca Municipality, Ingavi Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Chuqi Q'awa (disambiguation).
Chuqi Q'awa
Chuqi Q'awa

Location within Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 4,570 m (14,990 ft)[1]
Coordinates 16°41′13″S 68°37′19″W / 16.68694°S 68.62194°W / -16.68694; -68.62194Coordinates: 16°41′13″S 68°37′19″W / 16.68694°S 68.62194°W / -16.68694; -68.62194
Geography
Location Bolivia
La Paz Department
Parent range Andes, Chilla-Kimsa Chata

Chuqi Q'awa (Aymara chuqi gold, q'awa little river, ditch, crevice, fissure, gap in the earth, [2][3] "gold brook" or "gold ravine", Hispanicized spelling Choque Khaua) is a 4,570-metre-high (14,993 ft) mountain in the Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range in the Andes of Bolivia. It lies in the La Paz Department, Ingavi Province, in the north of the Jesús de Machaca Municipality, near the border with the Tiwanaku Municipality. Chuqi Q'awa is situated south of the river Chuñuni Jawira (Chununi Jahuira).

Chuqi Q'awa is also the name of the river which originates south of the mountain. Its waters flows to Jach'a Jawira in the south.[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 IGM map 1:50,000 5843-I Sacacani
  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, Para: Tercera Edición". Félix Layme Pairumani. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
  4. "Jesús de Machaca". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved October 24, 2014. (unnamed)
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