Wank'uchiri

Wank'uchiri

Wank'uchiri

Mountain in Bolivia

Wank'uchiri (Aymara wanq'u, wank'uchi guinea pig,[2][3] -(i)ri a suffix, also spelled Huancuchiri, Huanchuchiri, Huanchochiri, Huanchuchuri) is a 5,382-metre-high (17,657 ft) mountain in the Apolobamba mountain range in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province, Pelechuco Municipality, near the Peruvian border. Wank'uchiri is situated southwest of the mountain Chuquyu, northwest of K'iski Quta and southeast of Palumani and Such'i Lake. A little lake named Saywa Quta (Saihuacota) lies at its feet, south of it.[1][4]

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  1. [1]
    Bolivian IGM map 1:100,000 3041 Pelechuco
  2. [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. [3]
    Guillermo Cutipa Añamuro, Chacra qarpaña: Regando la chacra, IECTA, Iquique - Chile 2005, p. 27
  4. [4]
    "Pelechuco". ine.gob.bo. Retrieved December 13, 2014.


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