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Potosí Municipality
Potosí Municipality is the capital municipality of the Tomás Frías Province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Potosí which is the capital of the department as well. Geography The Potosí mountain range traverses the municipality. Some of the highest mountains of the municipality are listed below: Subdivision The municipality consists of the following cantons: * Chulchucani * Wari Wari * Potosí * Tarapaya Demographics The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language **So ... descent.obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive) See also * Jayaq Mayu * Khari Khari Lakes * Tarapaya River References External links Potosí Municipality: population data and map Municipalit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khari Khari Lakes
__NOTOC__ The Khari Khari Lakes (Quechua language, Quechua ''khari khari'' a thorny medical plant, a species of rubus, hispanicized spellings ''Cari Cari, Kari Kari, Kari-Kari'') are two closely connected artificial lakes, San Ildefonso and San Pablo (now integrated into San Ildefonso) situated in the Potosí mountain range, Khari Khari mountain range of Bolivia. The lakes lie about 8 km east of Potosí in the Potosí Department, Tomás Frías Province, Potosí Municipality, population data and map northeast of the lakes named San Sebastián and Planilla which are also artificial lakes. See also * Khari KhariReferences Lakes of Potosí Department {{Potosí-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pari Urqu
Pari Urqu (Aymara ''pari'' red hot, Quechua ''pari'' warm, to get very hot, overheated, ''urqu'' mountain,Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe, Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, Quechua - Castellano - Castellano - Quechua, 2007: ''pari.'' - ''adj. Caldeado, -da. Objeto o sitio muy caliente.'' ''urqu.'' ''s. Cerro. / Cerro de Potosí: P'utuqsi urqu.'' "hot mountain", hispanicized spellings ''Pari Orcko, Pary Orcko, Pari Orco'') is a mountain in the Andes in Bolivia, about 3,950 m (12,959 ft) high. It is located in the Potosí Department, Tomás Frías Province, Potosí Municipality. Pari Urqu lies in the west of Potosí, north west of the higher Cerro Rico (Spanish name), P'utuqsi Urqu or Sumaq Urqu (Quechua names) which lies in the south of Potosí. There is a tower on the top of Pari Urqu which has a revolving restaurant to give a 360 degree view of the town. See also * Jayaq Mayu Jayaq Mayu (Quechua ''jaya'' pungency, locoto, ''mayu'' river, ''-q'' a suffix, "s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guarani People
Guarani, Guaraní or Guarany may refer to Ethnography * Guaraní people, an indigenous people from South America's interior (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia) * Guaraní language, or Paraguayan Guarani, an official language of Paraguay * Guarani dialects, spoken in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay * Guarani languages, a group of languages, including Guarani, in the Tupí-Guaraní language subfamily * Eastern Bolivian Guarani, historically called Chiriguanos, living in the eastern Bolivian foothills of the Andes. Also called Ava Guarani. Economics * Paraguayan guaraní, the currency of Paraguay Education * The Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies, a subunit of Dartmouth College Geography * Guarani, Minas Gerais, Brazil * Guarani de Goiás, Brazil * Guarani das Missões, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * Guarani Aquifer, a large underground water reservoir in South America Literature and music * ''The Guarani'', an 1857 novel by José de Alencar * ''I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aymara People
Aymara may refer to: Languages and people * Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language ** Aymara language, the main language within that family ** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today includes only the endangered Jaqaru/Kawki language * Aymara people, the native ethnic group identified with the speakers of Altiplano Aymara Culture * ''Corazón Aymara'' (English: ''Aymara Heart''), 1925 Bolivian silent feature film directed by Pedro Sambarino * Grupo Aymara, Bolivian folk troupe of traditional music of pre-Hispanic and contemporary music of the Andes * Socialist Aymara Group (Spanish: ''Grupo Aymara Socialista''), left-wing indigenous political group in Bolivia Places * Aymaraes Province, the largest of seven provinces of the Apurímac Region in Peru * Aymara Lupaca Reserved Zone, a protected area in southeastern Peru Nature * ''Aymaramyia'', genus of crane bird found in Peru * ''Aymaratherium'', genus of extinct sloth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quechuas
Quechua people (, ; ) or Quichua people, may refer to any of the aboriginal people of South America who speak the Quechua languages, which originated among the Indigenous people of Peru. Although most Quechua speakers are native to Peru, there are some significant populations in Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, and Argentina. The most common Quechua dialect is Southern Quechua. The Kichwa people of Ecuador speak the Kichwa dialect; in Colombia, the Inga people speak Inga Kichwa. The Quechua word for a Quechua speaker is ''runa'' or ''nuna'' ("person"); the plural is ''runakuna'' or ''nunakuna'' ("people"). "Quechua speakers call themselves Runa -- simply translated, 'the people.'" Some historical Quechua people are: * The Chanka people, who lived in the Huancavelica, Ayacucho, and Apurímac regions of Peru. * The Huanca people of the Junín Region of Peru, who spoke Quechua before the Incas did. * The Inca, who established the largest empire of the pre-Columbian e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indigenous Peoples Of The Americas
The Indigenous peoples of the Americas are the inhabitants of the Americas before the arrival of the European settlers in the 15th century, and the ethnic groups who now identify themselves with those peoples. Many Indigenous peoples of the Americas were traditionally hunter-gatherers and many, especially in the Amazon basin, still are, but many groups practiced aquaculture and agriculture. While some societies depended heavily on agriculture, others practiced a mix of farming, hunting, and gathering. In some regions, the Indigenous peoples created monumental architecture, large-scale organized cities, city-states, chiefdoms, states, kingdoms, republics, confederacies, and empires. Some had varying degrees of knowledge of engineering, architecture, mathematics, astronomy, writing, physics, medicine, planting and irrigation, geology, mining, metallurgy, sculpture, and gold smithing. Many parts of the Americas are still populated by Indigenous peoples; some countries have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarapaya Canton
Tarapaya is one of the cantons of the Potosí Municipality, the capital municipality of the Tomás Frías Province in the Potosí Department of Bolivia. During the census of 2001 it had 1,042 inhabitants.Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Bolivia (Spanish) Its seat is Tarapaya with a population of 11 in 2001. It is situated east of . Ojo del Inca Being close to the thermal springs called "Ojo del Inca" (Eye of the Inca) in Tarapaya are often visited by tourists.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuraq Q'asa (Bolivia)
Yuraq Q'asa (Quechua ''yuraq'' white, ''q'asa'' mountain pass, "white pass", also spelled ''Yuraj Kasa'') is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes which reaches a height of approximately . It is located in the Potosí Department, at the border of the Antonio Quijarro Province, Porco Municipality, and the Tomás Frías Province, Potosí Municipality Potosí Municipality is the capital municipality of the Tomás Frías Province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Potosí which is the capital of the department as well. Geography The Potosí mountain range traverses the municip .... The Misk'i Mayu flows along its eastern slope. It is a left tributary of the Jatun Mayu. References Mountains of Potosí Department {{Potosí-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yana Qaqa (Potosí)
Yana Qaqa ( Quechua ''yana'' black, ''qaqa'' rock, "black rock", also spelled ''Yana Khakha'') is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes which reaches a height of approximately . It is located in the Potosí Department, Tomás Frías Province, Potosí Municipality, north of the city of Potosí Potosí, known as Villa Imperial de Potosí in the colonial period, is the capital city and a municipality of the Department of Potosí in Bolivia. It is one of the highest cities in the world at a nominal . For centuries, it was the location o .... References Mountains of Potosí Department {{Potosí-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayra Wasi (Potosí-Yocalla) .
Wayra Wasi ( Quechua ''wayra'' wind, ''wasi'' house, "wind house", also spelled ''Huayra Huasi'') is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Potosí Department, Tomás Frías Province, at the border of the Potosí Municipality and the Yocalla Municipality, west of the village of Tarapaya Tarapaya is one of the cantons of the Potosí Municipality, the capital municipality of the Tomás Frías Province in the Potosí Department of Bolivia. During the census of 2001 it had 1,042 inhabitants. References Mountains of Potosí Department {{Potosí-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayra Wasi
Wayra Wasi ( Quechua ''wayra'' wind, ''wasi'' house, "wind house", Hispanicized spelling ''Huayra Huasi'') is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is situated in the Potosí Department, Tomás Frías Province, Potosí Municipality Potosí Municipality is the capital municipality of the Tomás Frías Province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Potosí which is the capital of the department as well. Geography The Potosí mountain range traverses the municip .... Wayra Wasi lies west of Jatun Q'asa and the Ch'aki Mayu (Quechua for "dry river", ''Chaqui Mayu''). The river originates southeast of the mountain. It flows to the north. (unnamed) References Mountains of Potosí Department {{Potosí-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waylla Tira
Waylla Tira ( Aymara ''waylla'' ''Stipa obtusa'', a kind of feather grass, ''tira'' cradle, "feather grass cradle", Hispanicized spelling ''Huayllatira'') is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Potosí Department, Tomás Frías Province, Potosí Municipality Potosí Municipality is the capital municipality of the Tomás Frías Province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Potosí which is the capital of the department as well. Geography The Potosí mountain range traverses the municip .... Waylla Tira lies east of the Challwiri River, an affluent of the Pillku Mayu. References Mountains of Potosí Department {{Potosí-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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