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Pelechuco Municipality
Pelechuco Municipality is the second municipal section of the Franz Tamayo Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. IN 2001 it had apopulation of 5,115. Its seat is Pelechuco. The municipality is bordered to the north by the Apolo Municipality, to the east by the Apolo and Curva Municipalities, to the south by the Curva and Charazani Municipalities and to the west by Peru. Geography The Apolobamba mountain range traverses the municipality. The highest mountain of the municipality is Chawpi Urqu (Wisk'achani) at . Other mountains are listed below: Division Pelechuco Municipality is subdivided into the following four cantons: * Antaquilla de Copacabana - 964 inhabitants ''(2001)'' * Pelechuco - 2,756 inhabitants * Suches - 227 inhabitants * Ulla Ulla - 1,168 inhabitants Places of interest Some of the tourist attractions of the municipalities are: External links Pelechuco Municipality: population data and map {{La Paz Department Municipalities of La Paz Depar ...
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Jach'a Waracha
Jach'a Waracha (Aymara, ''jach'a'' big, ''waracha'' wooden camp bed, Hispanicized spelling ''Jacha Huaracha'') is a mountain in the Apolobamba mountain range in Bolivia, about high. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province, Pelechuco Municipality. Jach'a Waracha lies west of the mountain Waracha and north-west of the mountain Qala Phusa.BIGM map 1:100,000 3041 Pelechuco See also * Machu Such'i Qhuchi * Cololo Lake * Wanakuni * List of mountains in the Andes A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ... References Mountains of La Paz Department (Bolivia) {{LaPazBO-geo-stub ...
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Chinkani
Chinkani (''chinka'' a type of water plant,David L. Browman, Aspectos de Nutrición Prehistórica en la Cuenca del Lago Titicaca, Revista ''Diálogo Andino'' No 2 - 1983, Departamento de Historia y Geografía, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica-Chile Aymara ''-ni'' a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with the ''chinka'' plant", also spelled ''Chincani'') is a mountain east of the Apolobamba mountain range in the Andes of Bolivia, about high. It is located in the La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province Franz Tamayo is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. It lies in the western part of the nation, and includes the Ulla Ulla National Reserve - which today is part of the Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural Area - in the high An ..., Pelechuco Municipality. Chinkani lies northeast of the mountain Allqamarini and east of Q'umir Pata at a small lake and river named Quchapata ''(Khochapata)''.Bolivian IGM map 1:100,000 3041 Pelechuco References Mounta ...
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Rit'i Apachita
Rit'i Apachita (Quechua, ''rit'i'' snow, Aymara and Quechua ''apachita'' the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name in the Andes for a stone cairn, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains,http://www.illa-a.org/cd/diccionarios/DicAymaraMinEduPeru.odt (Aymara-Spanish dictionary) Hispanicized spelling ''Riti Apacheta'') is a mountain in the Apolobamba mountain range in Bolivia. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province, Pelechuco Municipality Pelechuco Municipality is the second municipal section of the Franz Tamayo Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. IN 2001 it had apopulation of 5,115. Its seat is Pelechuco. The municipality is bordered to the north by the Apolo Municip ..., north-west of Pelechuco. Rit'i Apachita lies northeast of the mountain Sural ''(Soral)'' and southeast of the mountain Apachita Pura Pura. There is a little lake east of the mountain named Q'illuqucha (Q ...
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Q'umir Pata
Q'umir Pata (Quechua, ''q'umir'' green, ''pata'' elevated place / above, at the top / edge, bank (of a river), shore,Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) "green elevated place" or "green shore", also spelled ''Khomerpata'') is a mountain in the north of the Apolobamba mountain range in Bolivia, about high. It is located in the La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province, Pelechuco Municipality, near the Peruvian border. Q'umir Pata lies southeast of the mountains Surapata and Kulli Pata and south of Chawpi Urqu Chaupi Orco (possibly from in the Quechua spelling ''Chawpi Urqu''; ''chawpi'' middle, center, ''urqu'' mountain) or Viscachani (possibly from the Aymara 'wisk'acha'' viscacha)'' is a mountain in the Andes on the border of Bolivia and Peru. It ....Bolivian IGM map 1:100,000 3041 Pelechuco References Mountains of La Paz Department (Bolivia) {{LaPazB ...
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Qala Phusa
Qala Phusa (Aymara ''qala'' stone, ''phusa'' siku, "stone siku", also spelled ''Khala Phusa'') or Q'ululu (Aymara for stallion of a llama, alpaca or vicuña, Hispanicized spelling ''Cololo'')John Biggar, The Andes - A Guide for Climbers is a mountain in the Apolobamba mountain range in Bolivia. It situated in the La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province, Pelechuco Municipality. Qala Phusa lies southwest of Waracha and southeast of Jach'a Waracha Jach'a Waracha (Aymara, ''jach'a'' big, ''waracha'' wooden camp bed, Hispanicized spelling ''Jacha Huaracha'') is a mountain in the Apolobamba mountain range in Bolivia, about high. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province .... (unnamed) References Mountains of La Paz Department (Bolivia) Glaciers of Bolivia Five-thousanders of the Andes {{LaPazBO-geo-stub ...
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P'isaqa
P'isaqa (Aymara and Quechua for ''Nothoprocta'', a bird, also spelled ''Phisaca'') is a mountain east of the Apolobamba mountain range in the Andes of Bolivia, about high. It is located in the La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province, Pelechuco Municipality. P'isaqa lies north of the little town of Pelechuco, southeast of Rit'i Apachita Rit'i Apachita (Quechua, ''rit'i'' snow, Aymara and Quechua ''apachita'' the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name in the Andes for a stone cairn, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high ... and east of Puka Puka.Bolivian IGM map 1:100,000 3041 Pelechuco References Mountains of La Paz Department (Bolivia) {{LaPazBO-geo-stub ...
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Punta Yawri
Punta Yavre or Punta Yayre (possibly from Quechua ''punta'' peak; ridge, ''yawri'' a big needle, Aymara ''yawri'' copper) is a mountain in the northeast of the Apolobamba mountain range on the border of Bolivia and Peru. It is about high. On the Bolivian side it is located in the La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province, Pelechuco Municipality, and on the Peruvian side it lies in the Puno Region Puno () is a department and region in southeastern Peru. It is the fifth largest department in Peru, after Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It is bordered by Bolivia on the east, the departments of Madre de Dios on the north, Cusco ..., Putina Province, Sina District. Punta Yavre is situated northwest and northeast of the mountains Chawpi Urqu and Kulli Pata.Bolivian IGM map 1:100,000 3041 Pelechucoescale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Putina Province (Puno Region) A little river named Janq'u Qala (Aymara for "white stone", ''Janlocala'') originates near the lake ...
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Puka Puka (Bolivia)
Puka Puka (Quechua ''puka'' red, the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, "a complex of red color", also spelled ''Puca Puca'') is a mountain east of the Apolobamba mountain range in the Andes of Bolivia, about . It is located in the La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province Franz Tamayo is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. It lies in the western part of the nation, and includes the Ulla Ulla National Reserve - which today is part of the Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural Area - in the high An ..., Pelechuco Municipality, north of Pelechuco. It lies west of P'isaqaBolivian IGM map 1:100,000 3041 Pelechuco and southeast of Rit'i Apachita. References Mountains of La Paz Department (Bolivia) {{LaPazBO-geo-stub ...
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Palumani
Palomani (possibly from Aymara, ''urpi, paluma'' dove, "the one with a dove (or doves)") is a mountain in the Apolobamba mountain range on the border of Bolivia and Peru. It reaches a height of about . On the Bolivian side it is located in the La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province, Pelechuco Municipality, and on the Peruvian side it lies in the Puno Region Puno () is a department and region in southeastern Peru. It is the fifth largest department in Peru, after Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It is bordered by Bolivia on the east, the departments of Madre de Dios on the north, Cusco ..., Putina Province, Ananea District. It is situated north of Suches Lake. Palomani is south of Chaupi Orco (or Viscachani), Salluyu and Jichu Qullu, near Chocñacota in the west.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Putina Province (Puno Region) References Mountains of La Paz Department (Bolivia) Mountains of Puno Region International mountains of South Americ ...
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Machu Such'i Qhuchi
Machu Such'i Qhuchi or Machu Such'i Q'uchi (a combination of Quechua and Aymara, ''machu'' old, ''such'i'' a species of pencil catfish, ''qhuchi'' or ''q'uchi'' wetlands "old such'i wetlands", Hispanicized spellings ''Machu Suchi Cuchi, Matchu Suchi Cuchi, Machu Suchi Coochi, Matchu Sochi Conchi'') is a mountain in the Apolobamba mountain range in the Bolivian Andes, about 5,679 metres (18,632 ft) high. It is situated near the Peruvian border in the La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province, Pelechuco Municipality, east of Such'i Lake.John Biggar, The Andes: A Guide for Climbers (see map) See also * Jach'a Waracha * Cololo Lake * Wanakuni *List of mountains in the Andes A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ... References Mountains of La Paz Depa ...
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Khunuyu
Cunuyo (possibly from Aymara ''khunu'' snow, ''uyu'' corral, "snow corral") is a mountain in the north of the Apolobamba mountain range on the border of Bolivia and Peru.Bolivia 1:100,000, Pelechuco 3041, Map prepared and published by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, Fairfax, VA, in collaboration with the Instituto Geográfico Militar of Bolivia It is about high. On the Bolivian side it is located in the La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province, Pelechuco Municipality, and on the Peruvian side it lies in the Puno Region Puno () is a department and region in southeastern Peru. It is the fifth largest department in Peru, after Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It is bordered by Bolivia on the east, the departments of Madre de Dios on the north, Cusco ..., Putina Province, Sina District. Cunuyo is situated southwest of the mountain Locopauchenta and east of Losojocha. Cunuyo is also the name of a river which originates near the mountain. It flows to the ...
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Kulli Pata
Kulli Pata or Kullipata (Quechua, ''kulli'' a color between blue and carmine (purple, violet, mulberry-colored), ''pata'' elevated place; above, at the top; edge, bank (of a river), shore,) ""purple or violet elevated place") is a mountain in the north of the Apolobamba mountain range in Bolivia, about high. It is located in the La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province, Pelechuco Municipality, near the Peruvian border. Kulli Pata lies west of Chawpi Urqu Chaupi Orco (possibly from in the Quechua spelling ''Chawpi Urqu''; ''chawpi'' middle, center, ''urqu'' mountain) or Viscachani (possibly from the Aymara 'wisk'acha'' viscacha)'' is a mountain in the Andes on the border of Bolivia and Peru. It ... and northeast of Surapata.Bolivian IGM map 1:100,000 3041 Pelechuco See also * Q'umir Pata References Mountains of La Paz Department (Bolivia) {{LaPazBO-geo-stub ...
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