Chillwa Quta

Chillwa Quta
Location Bolivia,
La Paz Department, Loayza Province
Coordinates 16°49′49″S 67°30′57″W / 16.83028°S 67.51583°W / -16.83028; -67.51583Coordinates: 16°49′49″S 67°30′57″W / 16.83028°S 67.51583°W / -16.83028; -67.51583

Chillwa Quta (Aymara ch'illiwa, chillwa, a species of grass (Festuca dolichophylla), quta lake,[1][2] "chillwa lake", also spelled Chillhua Kkota) is a lake in the Kimsa Cruz mountain range in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Loayza Province, Cairoma Municipality. Chillwa Quta lies south-west of the mountain Mama Uqllu, south of the lake Warus Quta and south-east of the mountain Taruja Umaña. This is where the river Taruj Umaña originates. It flows to the west and then to the north-west as an affluent of the La Paz River.[3][4]

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. ↑ Plan de Desarrollo Municipal Calamarca 2005 - 2009
  3. ↑ IGM map 1:50,000 6043-I Araca
  4. ↑ "Cairoma". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on February 23, 2016. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
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