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]

For the mountain in the Oruro Department, Bolivia, see Tanka Tanka (Oruro). For the archaeological site in Peru, see Tanqa Tanqa.
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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