Quriwani

Quriwani

Quriwani

Mountain in Bolivia

Quriwani (Quechua quri gold,[2] Aymara -wa, -ni suffixes, "the one where it is gold", also spelled Kkorihuani) is a mountain in the northern extensions of the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia which reaches a height of approximately 4,920 m (16,140 ft). It is located in the La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, Sorata Municipality. It lies north of Ch'uch'u. The small lake southwest of Quriwani is named Quriwani Machu.[1][3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Sorata 5846-I
  2. [2]
    Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. [3]
    "Sorata". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved February 11, 2016.


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