Chuqi Sillani

For the mountain on the border of the provinces of Aroma and Loayza, La Paz Department, Bolivia, see Chuqi Sillani (Aroma-Loayza).
Chuqi Sillani
Chuqi Sillani

Location within Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 4,812 m (15,787 ft) [1]
Coordinates 17°11′40″S 67°43′07″W / 17.19444°S 67.71861°W / -17.19444; -67.71861Coordinates: 17°11′40″S 67°43′07″W / 17.19444°S 67.71861°W / -17.19444; -67.71861
Geography
Location Bolivia
La Paz Department, Loayza Province, Luribay Municipality
Parent range Andes

Chuqi Sillani (Aymara chuqi gold, silla cane of maize,[2] -ni a suffix, "the one with the golden cane of maize", also spelled Choque Sillani) is a 4,812-metre-high (15,787 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the La Paz Department, Loayza Province, Luribay Municipality. Chuqi Sillani lies southeast of Qillwan Quta and east of a plain named Qillwan Quta Pampa.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Sicasica 6042-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. ↑ "Luribay". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
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