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Qala T'uxu
Qala T'uxu or Qala Tuqu (Aymara ''qala'' stone, ''t'uxu'' window, hole in the wall, ''tuqu'' goitre, "stone window" or "stone goitre", also spelled ''Khala Thojo, Qala Tuju'') is a mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia, about high. It is located in the La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality, Chachacomani Canton. (unnamed) It is situated south-west of the mountains Wila Lluxi and Warawarani and north-west of the mountain Phaq'u Kiwuta. See also * Chachakumani * Janq'u Uyu Janq'u Uyu ( Aymara ''janq'u'' white, ''uyu'' yard for livestock, "white yard", Hispanicized spelling ''Jankho Huyo, Janko Huyo'') is a mountain in the Andes, about 5,512 m (18,084 ft) high, located in the Cordillera Real of Bolivia ... * Kunturiri * Q'ara Quta References Mountains of La Paz Department (Bolivia) Five-thousanders of the Andes {{LosAndesProvince-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, warm valleys, high-altitude Andean plateaus, and snow-capped peaks, encompassing a wide range of climates and biomes across its regions and cities. It includes part of the Pantanal, the largest tropical wetland in the world, along its eastern border. It is bordered by Brazil to the Bolivia-Brazil border, north and east, Paraguay to the southeast, Argentina to the Argentina-Bolivia border, south, Chile to the Bolivia–Chile border, southwest, and Peru to the west. The seat of government is La Paz, which contains the executive, legislative, and electoral branches of government, while the constitutional capital is Sucre, the seat of the judiciary. The largest city and principal industrial center is Santa Cruz de la Sierra, located on the Geog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Paz Department (Bolivia)
The La Paz Department of Bolivia comprises with a 2024 census population of 3,022,566 inhabitants. It is situated at the western border of Bolivia, sharing Lake Titicaca with the neighboring Peru. It contains the Cordillera Real mountain range, which reaches altitudes of . Northeast of the Cordillera Real are the '' Yungas'', the steep eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains that make the transition to the Amazon River basin to the northeast. The capital of the department is the city of La Paz and is the administrative city and seat of government/national capital of Bolivia. Provinces The Department of La Paz is divided into 20 provinces (''provincias'') which are further subdivided into 85 municipalities (''municipios'') and - on the fourth level - into cantons. The provinces with their capitals are: Government The chief executive office of Bolivia's departments (since May 2010) is the Governor; before then, the office was called the Prefect, and until 2006 the prefec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Andes Province (Bolivia)
Los Andes is one of the twenty provinces in the central parts of the Bolivian La Paz Department. The province was legally founded on November 24, 1917, during the presidency of José Gutiérrez Guerra. The Spanish name of the province means "The Andes", referring to its position within the Cordillera Real which is part of the Bolivian Andes mountain range. The capital of the province is Pucarani, which has a population of 918 as of the 2001 census. Pucarani is situated in the Altiplano west of the Cordillera Real offering a view of some of its highest mountains such as Ch'iyar Juqhu, Chachakumani, Kunturiri, Wayna Potosí and Chacaltaya. Location The province is located between 16° 00' and 16° 47' South and between 68° 08' and 68° 45' West. It extends over 90 km from north to south, and 75 km from east to west. It is situated on the south-eastern shores of Lake Titicaca and borders Omasuyos Province in the northwest, Ingavi Province in the south, Pedro D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batallas Municipality
Batallas Municipality is the third municipal section of the Los Andes Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Batallas. Geography The Cordillera Real traverses the Batallas Municipality. Some of the highest mountains of the municipality are listed below:Bolivian IGM map 1.50,000 Lago Khara Kkota Languages The languages spoken in the Batallas Municipality are mainly Aymara, Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ... and Quechua. See also * Jach'a Jawira * Janq'u Quta * Lawrawani Lake * Q'ara Quta References * https://web.archive.org/web/20090218081859/http://obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive link) Municipalities of La Paz Department (Bolivia) {{LosAndesProvince-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andes
The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long and wide (widest between 18th parallel south, 18°S and 20th parallel south, 20°S latitude) and has an average height of about . The Andes extend from south to north through seven South American countries: Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela. Along their length, the Andes are split into several ranges, separated by intermediate depression (geology), depressions. The Andes are the location of several high plateaus—some of which host major cities such as Quito, Bogotá, Cali, Arequipa, Medellín, Bucaramanga, Sucre, Mérida, Mérida, Mérida, El Alto, and La Paz. The Altiplano, Altiplano Plateau is the world's second highest after the Tibetan Plateau. These ranges are in turn grouped into three majo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cordillera Real (Bolivia)
The Cordillera Real is a mountain range in the South American Altiplano of Bolivia, forming part of the Andes. This range of fold mountains, largely composed of granite, is located southeast of Lake Titicaca, and east of the Bolivian capital of La Paz. The range stretches 125 km in length and 20 km in width. Even though it is only 17° south of the Equator, the Cordillera Real is relatively densely glacier, glaciated. This is due to its proximity to the Amazon Basin, Amazon lowlands with its associated moist air masses. Mountains The highest mountain in the range is Illimani at . Other notable peaks are: (unnamed) See also * Cordillera Kimsa Cruz * Ch'iyar Quta, La Paz, Ch'iyar Quta References Mountain ranges of Bolivia, Real Mountains of La Paz Department (Bolivia), {{LaPazBO-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aymara Language
Aymara (; also ) is an Aymaran languages, Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Bolivian Andes. It is one of only a handful of Indigenous languages of the Americas, Native American languages with over one million speakers.The other native American languages with more than one million speakers are Nahuatl, Quechua languages, and Guarani language, Guaraní. Aymara, along with Spanish language, Spanish and Quechua language, Quechua, is an official language in Bolivia and Peru. It is also spoken, to a much lesser extent, by some communities in northern Chile, where it is a Minority language, recognized minority language. Some linguists have claimed that Aymara is related to its more widely spoken neighbor, Quechua languages, Quechua. That claim, however, is disputed. Although there are indeed similarities, like the nearly identical phonologies, the majority position among linguists today is that the similarities are better explained as areal feature (linguistics), areal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goitre
A goitre (British English), or goiter (American English), is a swelling in the neck resulting from an enlarged thyroid gland. A goitre can be associated with a thyroid that is not functioning properly. Worldwide, over 90% of goitre cases are caused by iodine deficiency. The term is from the Latin ''gutturia'', meaning throat. Most goitres are not cancerous ( benign), though they may be potentially harmful. Signs and symptoms A goitre can present as a palpable or visible enlargement of the thyroid gland at the base of the neck. A goitre, if associated with hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism, may be present with symptoms of the underlying disorder. For hyperthyroidism, the most common symptoms are associated with adrenergic stimulation: tachycardia (increased heart rate), palpitations, nervousness, tremor, increased blood pressure and heat intolerance. Clinical manifestations are often related to hypermetabolism (increased metabolism), excessive thyroid hormone, an in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wila Lluxi
Wila Lluxi ( Aymara ''wila'' blood, blood-red, ''lluxi'' shell of a mussel; landslide, "red shell" or "red landslide", Hispanicized spellings ''Wila Lloje, Huilaroje'') is a mountain in the Andes, about 5,596 m (18,360 ft) high. It lies in the Cordillera Real of Bolivia in the La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality, Kirani Canton. It is situated on the western side of the Janq'u Quta valley next to the mountains Warawarani and Phaq'u Kiwuta. Other prominent mountains nearby are Janq'u Laya and Janq'u Uyu in the north, and Wila Lluxita and Mullu Apachita in the northeast, all of them higher than 5,000 m. See also * Kunturiri * Q'ara Quta * List of mountains in the Andes A sortable list of mountains above 4,000 metres in the South American Andes. Considerations The list is an incomplete list of mountains in the Andes. There are many named and unnamed peaks in the Andes that are currently not included in this lis ... References Mountai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warawarani (Bolivia)
Warawarani ( Aymara ''warawara'' star, ''-ni'' a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a star", also spelled ''Wara Warani'') is an about mountain at a small lake of the same name in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality, Chachacomani Canton. It is situated north and northwest of Phaq'u Kiwuta and Wila Lluxi and northeast of Qala T'uxu. Warawarani lake __NOTOC__ Warawarani Lake lies southwest of the Warawarani mountain. See also * Chachakumani * Janq'u Uyu Janq'u Uyu ( Aymara ''janq'u'' white, ''uyu'' yard for livestock, "white yard", Hispanicized spelling ''Jankho Huyo, Janko Huyo'') is a mountain in the Andes, about 5,512 m (18,084 ft) high, located in the Cordillera Real of Bolivia ... * Kunturiri * Q'ara Quta References Mountains of La Paz Department (Bolivia) Lakes of La Paz Department (Bolivia) Five-thousanders of the Andes {{LosAndesProv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phaq'u Kiwuta
Phaq'u Kiwuta (Aymara language, Aymara light brown, reddish, blond, dark chestnut, canine tooth or tusk, ''-ta'' a suffix, other spellings ''Pacokeuta, Paco Keuta, Pakokiuta, Pakokiwuta'') is a mountain in the Andes, about 5,589 m (18,337 ft) high. It is located in the Cordillera Real (Bolivia), Cordillera Real of Bolivia in the La Paz Department (Bolivia), La Paz Department, Los Andes Province (Bolivia), Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality, Kirani Canton. It is situated south-west of the mountain Wila Lluxi, south-east of Warawarani (Bolivia), Warawarani and north of a lake named Quta Thiya in some maps. Other prominent mountains nearby are Jisk'a Pata and Janq'u Uyu in the north, and Wila Lluxita and Mullu Apachita in the north-east, all of them higher than 5,000 m. See also * Janq'u Quta (Batallas), Janq'u Quta * Mount Kunturiri, Los Andes, Kunturiri * Q'ara Quta (La Paz), Q'ara Quta * List of mountains in the Andes References Mountains of La Paz Dep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chachakumani
Chachacomani (possibly from Quechua ''chachakuma'' a medical plant) is a mountain in the Cordillera Real of the Andes Mountains, east of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, Guanay Municipality, southeast of Chearoco. Some of the nearest mountains are Wari Umaña in the southwest and Qillwani in the northwest.Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Comunidad Amaguaya 5946-III Said to be one of the least climbed peaks in the Cordillera Real, the mountain has an elevation of above sea level. The measured height has never been accurately measured, and may differ by up to , but the peak is ascertained to be over in height. Notably, the deep and sheltered valleys around the mountain produce many distinct microclimates, which form lakes and other formations that support many species of birds. File:Titicacameer1.jpg, The Cordillera Real as seen from Lake Titicaca with Chearoco and Chachacomani in the center. File:Chachacomani_from_Lago_Titicaca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
