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Apachita (Chayanta)

Coordinates: 18°46′10″S 65°39′46″W / 18.76944°S 65.66278°W / -18.76944; -65.66278
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Apachita
Apachita is located in Bolivia
Apachita
Apachita
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,061 m (13,323 ft)[1]
Coordinates18°46′10″S 65°39′46″W / 18.76944°S 65.66278°W / -18.76944; -65.66278
Geography
LocationBolivia,
Potosí Department
Parent rangeAndes

Apachita (Aymara: the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes via a stone cairn(a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains);[2][3] also spelled Apacheta) is a 4,061-metre-high (13,323 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Potosí Department, Chayanta Province, Ravelo Municipality. It lies northeast of the village of Wari Pampa (Huari Pampa).[1][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivia IGM map 1:50,000 Ravelo 6437-I
  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 (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  4. ^ "Ravelo". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 17, 2016.