P'iq'iñ_Q'ara_(Oruro)

P'iq'iñ Q'ara (Oruro)

P'iq'iñ Q'ara (Oruro)

Mountain in Bolivia

This article is about the mountain in the Oruro Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see P'iqi Q'ara.

P'iq'iñ Q'ara (Aymara p'iq'iña head, q'ara bare, bald, p'iq'iña q'ara bald,[2] "baldheaded", Hispanicized spelling Pekheñ Khara) is a 4,763-metre-high (15,627 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Occidental in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Sabaya Province, Sabaya Municipality. P'iq'iñ Q'ara is situated south-west of the mountain Kimsa Chata, near the border with Chile. It lies at the confluence of the rivers Chullumpiri Jawira and Lliscaya Jawira.[3]

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References

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    BIGM map 1:50,000 Cerro Capitan Hoja 5837-III
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    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) see: Cabeza del hombre y de todos los animales and Calvo
  3. [3]
    "Sabaya". Archived from the original on August 13, 2014. Retrieved September 12, 2014.


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