Wila Wila (Bolivia)

For the mountain in the Puno Region, Peru, see Wila Wila (Peru). For the district in the Lampa Province, Puno Region, Peru, see Vilavila District.
Wila Wila
Wila Wila

Location in Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 5,240 m (17,190 ft)[1]
Coordinates 15°57′50″S 68°27′46″W / 15.96389°S 68.46278°W / -15.96389; -68.46278Coordinates: 15°57′50″S 68°27′46″W / 15.96389°S 68.46278°W / -15.96389; -68.46278
Geography
Location Bolivia,
La Paz Department
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Real

Wila Wila (Aymara wila blood, blood-red,[2][3] the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, "a complex of red color") is a mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia, about 5,240 metres (17,192 ft) high. It is located in the La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, Guanay Municipality. It lies north-west of the mountains Chachakumani and Kuntur Jipiña. The lake Jist'aña Quta lies at its feet, south of it.[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Comunidad Amaguaya 5946-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 November 6, 2014.
  4. "Guanay". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved November 6, 2014. (unnamed, south-east of Wari Qalluni Pata (Huari Kallunipata))


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