Wila Apachita

Wila Apachita
Wila Apachita

Location in Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 4,595 m (15,075 ft)[1]
Coordinates 17°36′16″S 66°52′56″W / 17.60444°S 66.88222°W / -17.60444; -66.88222Coordinates: 17°36′16″S 66°52′56″W / 17.60444°S 66.88222°W / -17.60444; -66.88222
Geography
Location Bolivia,
Cochabamba Department
Parent range Andes

Wila Apachita (Aymara wila blood, blood-red, apachita the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name in the Andes for a stone cairn built along the trail in the high mountains,[2][3][4] "red apachita", also spelled Huila Apacheta, Wila Apacheta) is a 4,595 m (15,075 ft) high mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Cochabamba Department, Tapacari Province. Wila Apachita lies southeast of Ñuñu Qullu.[5]

References

  1. Bolivia 1:50,000 Leque 6241-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. "Diccionario Quechua - Aymara al español". katari.org. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
  4. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  5. "Tapacari". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved March 20, 2016.


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