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Milluni Peak
Milluni Peak, also known as or Pico Milluni (composed of Spanish ''pico'' peak and Aymara ''milluni'', ''millu'' light brown, reddish, fair-haired, dark chestnut, ''-ni'' suffix to indicate ownership, "the brown one"), is a mountain in the Andes, about 5,483 m (17,989 ft) high, located in the Cordillera Real of Bolivia in the La Paz Department, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, El Alto Municipality. Map of the area (north is upper left) showing "Cerro Pico Milluni" It is situated south of Wayna Potosí and northeast of and |
Huayna Potosí
Huayna Potosí is a mountain in Bolivia, located near El Alto and about 25 km north of La Paz in the Cordillera Real. Huayna Potosí is the closest high mountain to La Paz. Surrounded by high mountains, it is roughly 15 miles due north of the city, which makes this mountain the most popular climb in Bolivia. The normal ascent route is a fairly straightforward glacier climb, with some crevasses and a steep climb to the summit. However, the other side of the mountain—Huayna Potosí West Face—is the biggest face in Bolivia. Several difficult snow and ice routes ascend this 1000 meter high face. The first ascent of the normal route was undertaken in 1919 by Germans Rudolf Dienst and Adolf Schulze. Some climbing books report this mountain as the "easiest 6000er in the world", but this claim is debatable. The easiest route entails an exposed ridge and sections of moderately steep ice, with a UIAA rating of PD. There are many 6000m mountains that are easier to cli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Alto
El Alto (Spanish for "The Heights") is the second-largest city in Bolivia, located adjacent to La Paz in Pedro Domingo Murillo Province on the Altiplano highlands. El Alto is today one of Bolivia's fastest-growing urban centers, with an estimated population of 943,558 in 2020. It is also the highest major city in the world, with an average elevation of . The El Alto–La Paz metropolitan area, formed by La Paz, El Alto, Achocalla, Viacha, and Mecapaca, constitutes the most populous urban area of Bolivia, with a population of about 2.2 million. History The dry and inclement plain above La Paz was uninhabited until 1903 when the newly built railways from Lake Titicaca and Arica reached the rim of the canyon, where the La Paz terminus, railyards and depots were built along with a settlement of railway workers (a spur line down into the canyon opened in 1905). In 1925, the airfield was built as a base for the new air force, which attracted additional settlement. In 1939, El Alto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zongo River
The Zongo River (Aymara language, Aymara ''sunku'' one-armed) Aymara-Spanish dictionary: ''Sunku'' ''(adj.)'' - ''Manco'' is a river in the La Paz Department (Bolivia), La Paz Department of Bolivia. See also *List of rivers of BoliviaReferences *Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993. Rivers of La Paz Department (Bolivia) {{Bolivia-river-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phaq'u Quta
__NOTOC__ Phaq'u Quta (Aymara ''phaq'u, paqu, p'aqu'' light brown, reddish, blond, dark chestnut, ''quta'' lake, "chestnut coloured lake") is a lake in Bolivia located in the La Paz Department, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, El Alto Municipality. (unnamed) It is situated at a height of about 4,667 metres (15,312 ft) south of the mountain Chacaltaya, south-east of Milluni Lake and south-west of Qillwani ''(Khelluani)''. Gallery File:La Paz57.jpg, Phaq'u Quta (in the background on the right) as seen from the north File:Obsevatorio Astrofísico de Chacaltaya.JPG, Phaq'u Quta as seen from the Chacaltaya Astrophysical Observatory See also * Janq'u Quta (El Alto) __NOTOC__ Janq'u Quta (Aymara ''janq'u'' white, ''quta'' lake, "white lake", Hispanicized spelling ''Jankho Khota, Jankho Kkota, Janko Khota, Janko Kota'') is a lake in Bolivia located in the La Paz Department, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, El ... * Laram Quta References Lakes of La Paz Departme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milluni Lake
__NOTOC__ Milluni (Aymara ''millu'' light brown, reddish, fair-haired, dark chestnut, ''-ni'' suffix to indicate ownership, "the one that has got a brown colour") is a lake on the western side of the Cordillera Real of Bolivia located in the La Paz Department, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, El Alto Municipality, north of El Alto. The lake is situated at a height of 4,565 metres (14,977 ft) south of the mountain Wayna Potosí, at the foot of Chacaltaya. It is about 1.83 km long and 1 km at its widest point. The surface is 2.37 km2 (0.92 sq mi).Sonia Isela Sacaca Cuellar, "Distribución de bacterias sulfato reductoras en sedimentos de lagunas y turbera de la cuenca Milluni Cordellera Real, La Paz-Bolivia", Tesis para optar al grado de licenciatura en Bioquímica, La Paz, Bolivia, 2009, p. 35 At the south side there is a dam. Milluni Lake is also called Milluni ''Grande'' (Spanish for big) in order to distinguish it from a smaller, half moon sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laram Quta (El Alto)
__NOTOC__ Laram Quta (Aymara ''larama'' blue, ''quta'' lake, "blue lake", Hispanicized spelling ''Laram Kkota'') is a lake in Bolivia located in the La Paz Department, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, El Alto Municipality. (unnamed) It lies south of the mountain Chacaltaya, south-east of Milluni Lake, south-west of the Qillwani Lakes and north-west of Qillwani ''(Khelluani)''. Laram Quta is situated at a height of about 4,556 metres (14,948 ft), about 0,5 km long and 0,17 km at its widest point. Gallery File:La Paz57.jpg, Laram Quta in the middle and Phaq'u Quta in the background as seen from the north File:Chacaltaya rifugio altipiano.jpg, Laram Quta (the largest lake in the middle) as seen from Chacaltaya refuge See also * Janq'u Quta (El Alto) __NOTOC__ Janq'u Quta (Aymara ''janq'u'' white, ''quta'' lake, "white lake", Hispanicized spelling ''Jankho Khota, Jankho Kkota, Janko Khota, Janko Kota'') is a lake in Bolivia located in the La Paz Depart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janq'u Quta (El Alto)
__NOTOC__ Janq'u Quta (Aymara ''janq'u'' white, ''quta'' lake, "white lake", Hispanicized spelling ''Jankho Khota, Jankho Kkota, Janko Khota, Janko Kota'') is a lake in Bolivia located in the La Paz Department, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, El Alto Municipality. It is situated south of the mountain Wayna Potosí and north-east of Milluni LakeBolivian IGM map 1:50,000 La Paz (Norte) 5944-I at a height of about 4,664 metres (15,302 ft). The little lake north-east of Janq'u Quta is named Pata Quta ''(Pata Khota)''. There is a smaller lake of the same name east of Janq'u Quta in the La Paz Municipality. See also * Chacaltaya Chacaltaya ( Mollo language for "''bridge of winds''" or "''winds meeting point''", Aymara for "cold road") is a mountain in the Cordillera Real, one of the mountain ranges of the Cordillera Oriental, itself a range of the Bolivian Andes. Its ... * Laram Quta * Milluni Peak * Phaq'u Quta References Lakes of La Paz Department ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chacaltaya
Chacaltaya ( Mollo language for "''bridge of winds''" or "''winds meeting point''", Aymara for "cold road") is a mountain in the Cordillera Real, one of the mountain ranges of the Cordillera Oriental, itself a range of the Bolivian Andes. Its elevation is . Chacaltaya's glacier — which was as old as 18,000 years — had an area of in 1940, which had been reduced to in 2007 and was completely gone by 2009. Half of the meltdown, as measured by volume, took place before 1980. The final meltdown after 1980, due to missing precipitation and the warm phase of El Niño, resulted in the glacier's disappearance in 2009. The glacier was located about from La Paz, near Huayna Potosí mountain. Ski area The glacier on Chacaltaya served as Bolivia's only ski resort. It was the world's highest lift-served ski area and the northernmost in South America. The rope tow, the very first in South America, was built in 1939 using an automobile engine; it was housed in the site's original clapb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Paz
La Paz (), officially known as Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Spanish pronunciation: ), is the seat of government of the Bolivia, Plurinational State of Bolivia. With an estimated 816,044 residents as of 2020, La Paz is the List of Bolivian cities by population, third-most populous city in Bolivia. Its metropolitan area, which is formed by La Paz, El Alto, Achocalla Municipality, Achocalla, Viacha Municipality, Viacha, and Mecapaca Municipality, Mecapaca makes up the second most populous urban area in Bolivia, with a population of 2.0 million, after Santa Cruz de la Sierra with a population of 2.3 million. It is also the capital of the La Paz Department, Bolivia, La Paz Department. The city, in west-central Bolivia southeast of Lake Titicaca, is set in a canyon created by the Choqueyapu River. It is in a bowl-like depression, part of the Amazon basin, surrounded by the high mountains of the Altiplano. Overlooking the city is the towering, triple-peaked Illimani. Its peak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Alto Municipality, La Paz
El Alto Municipality or El Alto de La Paz Municipality is a municipal section of the Pedro Domingo Murillo Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is El Alto, the second-largest city in Bolivia. See also * Janq'u Quta * Laram Quta * Milluni Lake * Phaq'u Quta __NOTOC__ Phaq'u Quta (Aymara ''phaq'u, paqu, p'aqu'' light brown, reddish, blond, dark chestnut, ''quta'' lake, "chestnut coloured lake") is a lake in Bolivia located in the La Paz Department, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, El Alto Municipality ... References www.ine.gov.bo / census 2001: El Alto Municipality External links Municipalities of La Paz Department (Bolivia) {{LaPazBO-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolivia
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Pedro Domingo Murillo Province
Pedro Domingo Murillo is a province in the Bolivian La Paz Department. It was created on January 8, 1838, with the name Cercado and on October 17, 1912, during the presidency of Eliodoro Villazón, its name was changed in honor of Pedro Domingo Murillo, protagonist of the revolution of June 16, 1809. The province contains the Bolivian administrative capital, La Paz, as well as the major city of El Alto. Geography The Cordillera Real traverses the province. Illimani, the highest peak of the range, lies in the province. Other mountains are listed below: Subdivision Pedro Domingo Murillo Province is divided into five municipalities. Places of interest Some of the tourist attractions of the municipality are: Tourist guide by the government of the department [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
