Tanka Tanka (La Paz)

Tanka Tanka (Aymara tanka hat or biretta,[2] the reduplication indicates that there is a group of something, "many hats (or birettas)") is a 4,643-metre-high (15,233 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the La Paz Department, Aroma Province, Sica Sica Municipality.[1][3]

Tanka Tanka
Tanka Tanka is located in Bolivia
Tanka Tanka
Tanka Tanka
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,643 m (15,233 ft)[1]
Coordinates17°15′41″S 67°41′27″W
Geography
LocationBolivia
La Paz Department
Parent rangeAndes

References

  1. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Sicasica 6042-II
  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. "Sica Sica". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved February 15, 2016.


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