Wari Kunka

Wari Kunka (Aymara wari vicuña, kunka throat,[2] "vicuña throat", wari kunka a medical plant (Thamnolia vermicularis),[3] Hispanicized spelling Huaricunca) is a 5,120-metre-high (16,798 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the La Paz Department, José Manuel Pando Province, at the border of the Catacora Municipality and the Santiago de Machaca Municipality. Wari Kunka lies southeast of Patapatani, northeast of Sinijawi and southeast of Jisk'a Wari Kunka ("little Wari Kunka"). An intermittent stream named Salla Uma ("cliff water", Sallahuma) originates southwest of the mountain. It flows to the west where it meets Jaruma River as a left tributary.[1][4]

For the mountain in Peru, see Wari Kunka (Peru).
Wari Kunka
Wari Kunka is located in Bolivia
Wari Kunka
Wari Kunka
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation5,120 m (16,800 ft)[1]
Coordinates17°13′08″S 69°24′32″W
Geography
LocationBolivia,
La Paz Department
José Manuel Pando Province
Parent rangeAndes

References
  1. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Sinejavi 5742-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. C. Illana-Esteban, Lìquenes Usados en la Medicina Tradicional (Lichens used in traditional medicine), Departamento de Biología Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid
  4. "Catacora". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved November 7, 2014.


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