Ch'usiqani

Ch'usiqani (Aymara ch'usiqa (barn) owl,[1]-ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with the owl (or owls)", also spelled Chusekani) is a mountain northeast of the Apolobamba mountain range in the Andes of Bolivia, about 4,260 metres (13,976 ft) high. It is located in the La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province, in the north of the Pelechuco Municipality. Ch'usiqani lies near the Peruvian border, west of Yawa Yawa and southeast of Chawpi Wayq'u.[2][3]

For the mountain in the Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia, see Ch'usiqani (Chuquisaca).
Ch'usiqani
Ch'usiqani is located in Bolivia
Ch'usiqani
Ch'usiqani
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,260 m (13,980 ft)
Coordinates14°33′58″S 69°06′28″W
Geography
LocationBolivia
Parent rangeAndes

References
  1. 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)
  2. Bolivian IGM map 1:100,000 3041 Pelechuco
  3. "Pelechuco". ine.gob.bo. Archived from the original on December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2014.


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