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Sirk'i Quta
__NOTOC__ Sirk'i Quta (Aymara ''sirk'i'' wart, ''quta'' lake, hispanicized spellings ''Serkhe Khota, Serkhe Kkota'') is a lake in Bolivia located in the La Paz Department, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, La Paz Municipality, south of the Qutapata National Park It lies between the Inkachaka Lake in the west and the mountain Sirk'i Qullu in the east. Map of the Qutapata National Park. Sirk'i Quta and Sirk'i Qullu are situated south of the park (see: bottom of the page). Sirk'i Quta is situated at a height of about 4,814 metres (15,794 ft), 0.73 km long and 0.28 km at its widest point. See also * * |
Bolivia
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La Paz Department (Bolivia)
The La Paz Department of Bolivia comprises with a 2012 census population of 2,706,359 inhabitants. It is situated at the western border of Bolivia, sharing Lake Titicaca with adjacent Peru. It contains the '' Cordillera Real'', 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 prefect was appointed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Aymara Language
Aymara (; also ) is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Bolivian Andes. It is one of only a handful of Native American languages with over one million speakers.The other native American languages with more than one million speakers are Nahuatl, Quechua languages, and Guaraní. Aymara, along with Spanish and 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 recognized minority language. Some linguists have claimed that Aymara is related to its more widely spoken neighbor, 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 features rising from prolonged cohabitation, rather than natural genealogical changes that would stem from a common protolanguage. Aymara is an agglutinating and, to a cert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Paz Municipality, Bolivia
La Paz Municipality is the capital municipality (''sección municipal capital'') and one of the five municipalities of the Pedro Domingo Murillo Province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. Its seat is La Paz. Geography The Cordillera Real traverses the province. Some of the highest peaks of the municipality are listed below: Places of interest Some of the tourist attractions of the municipality are: Tourist guide by the government of the department * Wayna Potosí, a mountain about 15 km north west of La Paz * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cotapata National Park
Cotapata National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area (''Parque Nacional y Área Natural de Manejo Integrado Cotapata'') is a protected area in the Yungas of La Paz Department, Bolivia. It is situated in the northwest of the department, in the Nor Yungas and Murillo provinces in the Coroico and La Paz Municipalities, about away from the city of La Paz. The national park A national park is a nature park, natural park in use for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state dec ... covers approximately 40% of the total area. References External links Cotapata National Park and IMNA - Parkswatch Profile National parks of Bolivia Geography of La Paz Department (Bolivia) Protected areas established in 1993 1993 establishments in Bolivia {{SouthAm-protected-area-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inkachaka Dam
__NOTOC__ Inkachaka Dam (Aymara and Quechua, ''inka'' Inca, ''chaka'' bridge, "Inca bridge") is a dam in Bolivia situated in the La Paz Department, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, La Paz Municipality, north east of La Paz. Map of the area (north is upper left) showing "Laguna Inkachaka" (on the right) See also *Sirk'i Quta
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Sirk'i Quta (Aymara ''sirk'i'' wart, ''quta'' lake, hispanicized spellings ''Serkhe Khota, Serkhe Kkota'') is a lake in Bolivia located in the La Paz Department, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, La Paz Municipality, south of the Qutapat ...
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Sirk'i Qullu
Sirk'i Qullu (Aymara ''sirk'i'' wart, ''qullu'' mountain, "wart mountain", also spelled ''Serkhe Kkollu, Serkhe Khollu, Serkhe Kollu, Serque Qollu'') is a mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia, about 5,546 m (18,196 ft) high. It is located in the La Paz Department, at the border of the Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, La Paz Municipality, and the Sud Yungas Province, Yanacachi Municipality. Sirk'i Qullu lies north-east of the city of La Paz, north of the mountain Jathi Qullu and south of the mountains Wak'ani and Mik'aya. See also * Inkachaka Dam * Mururata * Sirk'i Quta * Sura Qullu * 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) Five-thousanders of the Ande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jathi Qullu
Jathi Qullu (Aymara ''jathi'' heavy, ''qullu'' mountain, "heavy mountain", also spelled ''Hati Kkollu, Hati Kollu, Jathi Khollu, Jati Qollu'') is a mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Bolivian Andes, about high. It is situated in the Yanacachi Municipality, north-east of the city of La Paz. Jathi Qullu lies south of the mountain Sirk'i Qullu, north-west of Sura Qullu, east of Qutapata Qutapata (Aymara ''quta'' lake, ''pata'' step, also spelled ''Kkotapata, Kotapata'') is a mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Bolivian Andes. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Sud Yungas Province, Irupana Municipality, near the bor ... and north of Q'asiri. References Mountains of La Paz Department (Bolivia) {{LaPazBO-geo-stub ... [...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] |
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] |
