Wila Qullu (Pacajes)

This article is about the mountain in the Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Wila Qullu.
Wila Qullu
Wila Qullu

Location within Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 4,658 m (15,282 ft)[1]
Coordinates 17°07′37″S 68°16′45″W / 17.12694°S 68.27917°W / -17.12694; -68.27917Coordinates: 17°07′37″S 68°16′45″W / 17.12694°S 68.27917°W / -17.12694; -68.27917
Geography
Location Bolivia,
La Paz Department
Pacajes Province
Parent range Andes, Chilla-Kimsa Chata

Wila Qullu (Aymara, wila red, blood-red, qullu mountain,[2][3] also spelled Wila Kkollu, Willa Kkollu) is a 4,658 m (15,282 ft) high mountain in the southern part of the Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Pacajes Province, Waldo Ballivián Municipality.[4] This is where the Ch'alla Jawira originates. Its waters flow to the Desaguadero River.[1][5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Estación General Ballivián 5942-IV
  2. "Diccionario Quechua - Aymara al español". katari.org. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  3. 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)
  4. "Waldo Ballivián". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  5. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Cañaviri 5942-II
  6. 1:250,000 Corocoro, Bolivia, SE-19-7. Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, M.D. Compiled December 1993
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