Q'ara Apachita (Chapare)

Q'ara Apachita (Aymara q'ara bare, bald, apachita the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name in the Andes for a stone cairn, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains,[2] [3] "bare apachita", also spelled Khara Apacheta) is a 4,639 m (15,220 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Cochabamba Department, Chapare Province, Villa Tunari Municipality.[1][4]

For the mountain in the Quillacollo Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia, see Q'ara Apachita (Quillacollo).
Q'ara Apachita
Q'ara Apachita
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,639 m (15,220 ft) [1]
Coordinates16°59′55″S 66°18′02″W 
Geography
LocationBolivia,
Cochabamba Department, Chapare Province
Parent rangeAndes

References
  1. Bolivia 1:100,000 Morguicho 3637 (unnamed)
  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, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. "Villa Tunari". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2016.


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