Wanq'uni_(Bolivia)

Wanq'uni (Bolivia)

Wanq'uni (Bolivia)

Mountain in Bolivia

This article is about the mountain in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Wanq'uni.

Wanq'uni (Aymara wanq'u guinea pig,[2] -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with guinea pigs", also spelled Huankhuni) is a 4,599-metre-high (15,089 ft) mountain in the Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range in the Andes of Bolivia. It lies in the La Paz Department, Ingavi Province, at the border of the Guaqui Municipality and the Jesús de Machaca Municipality. Wanq'uni is situated northeast of Tanka Tankani and southeast of Quta Willk'i.[1][3]

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  1. [1]
    IGM map 1:50,000 5844-III Guaqui
  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]
    "Guaqui". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved October 25, 2014.


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