Apachita (Ingavi)

Apachita (Aymara for the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name for a stone cairn in the Andes, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains,[2][3] Hispanicized spelling Apacheta) is a 4,556-metre-high (14,948 ft) mountain in the Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range in the Andes of Bolivia. It lies in the La Paz Department, Ingavi Province, Jesús de Machaca Municipality, north-east of Ch'ama (Chama). Apachita is situated south-west of the mountain Ch'utu Wankarani and north-east of the mountain Imill Wawani.[1][4]

This article is about the mountain in the Ingavi Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Apachita.
Apachita
Highest point
Elevation4,556 m (14,948 ft)[1]
Coordinates16°45′47″S 68°32′10″W
Geography
LocationBolivia
La Paz Department
Parent rangeAndes, Chilla-Kimsa Chata

References
  1. IGM map 1:50,000 5843-I Sacacani
  2. http://www.illa-a.org/cd/diccionarios/DicAymaraMinEduPeru.odt (Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  3. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. "Jesús de Machaca". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on February 4, 2016. Retrieved October 23, 2014.


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