Qiñwa Q'asa

Qiñwa Q'asa
Qiñwa Q'asa

Location within Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 3,760 m (12,340 ft) [1]
Coordinates 17°23′18″S 66°27′13″W / 17.38833°S 66.45361°W / -17.38833; -66.45361Coordinates: 17°23′18″S 66°27′13″W / 17.38833°S 66.45361°W / -17.38833; -66.45361
Geography
Location Bolivia,
Cochabamba Department
Parent range Andes

Qiñwa Q'asa (qiñwa a kind of tree [2] (polylepis), q'asa mountain pass,[2] [3] "qiñwa pass", also spelled Kheñwa Khasa) is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes which reaches a height of approximately 3,760 m (12,340 ft). It is located in the Cochabamba Department, Quillacollo Province, Sipe Sipe Municipality. Qiñwa Q'asa lies northwest of Q'ara Apachita, east of the village of Janq'u Jaqhi ("white cliff", Jankho Jakke).[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 Bolivia 1:50,000 Quillacollo 6341-IV
  2. 1 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. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ "Sipe Sipe". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on March 29, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2016.


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