Ch'apiri

Ch'apiri (Aymara ch'api thorn,[2] -(i)ri a suffix, also spelled Chapairi) is a 4,302-metre-high (14,114 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Curahuara de Carangas Municipality. It lies east of a village of that name. The Ch'apiri River originates at the mountain.. It flows to Curahuara de Carangas in the north.[1][3]

Ch'apiri
Ch'apiri
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,302 m (14,114 ft)[1]
Listing
Coordinates17°57′45″S 68°23′55″W
Geography
LocationBolivia, Oruro Department
Parent rangeAndes

References

  1. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Curahuara de Carangas 5940-III
  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. "Curahuara de Carangas". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2016.


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