Q'ara Apachita (Quillacollo)

For the mountain in the Chapare Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia, see Q'ara Apachita (Chapare).
Q'ara Apachita
Q'ara Apachita

Location within Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 4,046 m (13,274 ft)[1]
Coordinates 17°24′08″S 66°27′06″W / 17.40222°S 66.45167°W / -17.40222; -66.45167Coordinates: 17°24′08″S 66°27′06″W / 17.40222°S 66.45167°W / -17.40222; -66.45167
Geography
Location Bolivia,
Cochabamba Department
Parent range Andes

Q'ara Apachita (Aymara q'ara bare, bald, apachita the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name in the Andes for a stone cairn, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains,[2] [3] "bare apachita", also spelled Khara Apacheta) is a 4,046 m (13,274 ft) high mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Cochabamba Department, Quillacollo Province, Sipe Sipe Municipality.[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 Bolivia 1:50,000 Quillacollo 6341-IV
  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. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. "Sipe Sipe". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved March 28, 2016.


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