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Yana Mayu (Potosí)
Yana Mayu ( Quechua ''yana'' black, ''mayu'' river, "black river") is a mountain in the Potosí mountain range of the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Potosí Department, on the border of the Cornelio Saavedra Province, Chaqui Municipality, and the José María Linares Province José María Linares is a province in the eastern parts of the Bolivian department of Potosí. Its capital is Puna. Location José María Linares province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department. It is located between 19° 30' and ..., Puna Municipality. It is situated northeast of Jatun Kunturiri. The lakes named Kimsa Qucha ("three lakes", ''Quimsa Khocha'') and Q'ara Qucha ("bare lake", ''Khara Khocha'') lie at its feet. References Mountains of Potosí Department {{Potosí-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolivia
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Potosí Department
Potosí (; Aymara language, Aymara: ''Putusi''; qu, P'utuqsi) is a Departments of Bolivia, department in southwestern Bolivia. It comprises 118,218 km2 with 823,517 inhabitants (2012 census). The capital is the city of Potosí. It is mostly a barren, mountainous region with one large plateau to the west, where the largest Salt pan (geology), salt flat in the world, Salar de Uyuni, is located. Cerro Rico, Cerro Potosí was the richest province in the Spanish empire, providing a great percentage of the silver that was Spanish treasure fleet, shipped to Europe. Potosi is also the location of the San Cristóbal mine (Bolivia), San Cristóbal silver, zinc and lead mines, developed by the US-company Apex Silver Mines Limited of Colorado and in November 2008 sold to the Japanese Sumitomo Corporation. Government The chief executive office of Departments of Bolivia, Bolivia departments (since May 2010) is the governor; until then, the office was called the prefect, and until 2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andes
The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S latitude), and has an average height of about . The Andes extend from north to south through seven South American countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. Along their length, the Andes are split into several ranges, separated by intermediate 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, El Alto and La Paz. The Altiplano plateau is the world's second-highest after the Tibetan plateau. These ranges are in turn grouped into three major divisions based on climate: the Tropical Andes, the Dry Andes, and the Wet Andes. The Andes Mountains are the highest m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potosí Mountain Range
The Potosí mountain range in Bolivia is situated east and southeast of the city of Potosí. It is at least 25 km long stretching from north to south. Its highest mountain is Khunurana (Anaruyu) rising up to 5,071 m (16,637 ft). The features of the range are considered the product of volcanic activity known as the Khari Khari caldera (19º43'S; 65º38'W). The caldera is about 40 km long and 25 km at its widest point. The range was named ''Cordillera de Potosí'' by the German alpinist Henry Hoek in 1903. He collected information about the range like the local names and published several papers about it. The inhabitants of the area, however, use the names Khari Khari for the northern part and Anta Q'awa for the southern one. The two sections are separated by a depression, the Jach'a Molino Pampa. Mountains Khari Khari range The Khari Khari range contains a number of mountains which are more than 4,900 m high, the highest elevation being Khari K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quechua Language
Quechua (, ; ), usually called ("people's language") in Quechuan languages, is an Indigenous languages of the Americas, indigenous language family spoken by the Quechua peoples, primarily living in the Peruvian Andes. Derived from a common ancestral language, it is the most widely spoken Pre-Columbian era, pre-Columbian language family of the Americas, with an estimated 8–10 million speakers as of 2004.Adelaar 2004, pp. 167–168, 255. Approximately 25% (7.7 million) of Peruvians speak a Quechuan language. It is perhaps most widely known for being the main language family of the Inca Empire. The Spanish encouraged its use until the Peruvian War of Independence, Peruvian struggle for independence of the 1780s. As a result, Quechua variants are still widely spoken today, being the co-official language of many regions and the second most spoken language family in Peru. History Quechua had already expanded across wide ranges of the central Andes long before the expansion of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornelio Saavedra Province
Cornelio Saavedra is a province in the north-eastern parts of the Bolivian Potosí Department. The capital of the province is Betanzos with 4,168 inhabitants in the year 2001. The province is named after the president of the Argentine First Junta, , who was born in Otuyo, Betanzos Municipality. Location Cornelio Saavedra province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department. It is located between 18° 57' and 19° 44'[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José María Linares Province
José María Linares is a province in the eastern parts of the Bolivian department of Potosí. Its capital is Puna. Location José María Linares province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department. It is located between 19° 30' and 20° 16' South and between 64° 43' and 65° 53' West. It borders Cornelio Saavedra Province in the north, Tomás Frías Province in the northwest, Antonio Quijarro Province in the west, Nor Chichas Province in the south, and Chuquisaca Department in the east. The province extends over 120 km from east to west and 85 km from north to south. Geography The Potosí mountain range traverses the province. One of the highest peaks of the province is Khunurana at . Other mountains are listed below: Division The province comprises three municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons. Until August 15, 2006, when Ckochas Municipality was created, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jatun Kunturiri
Jatun Kunturiri ( Quechua ''hatun'', in Bolivia always ''jatun'' big, great, Aymara ''kunturi'' condor, ''-ri'' Aymara suffix, hispanicized spellings ''Jatun Condoriri, Jatún Condoriri'') is a mountain in the Potosí mountain range of the Bolivian Andes, about 5,008 m (16,430 ft) high. It is situated south-east of Potosí in the Potosí Department, José María Linares Province, in the south-west of the Puna Municipality. It lies between the Sip'uruni River in the north and the Khunurana in the south, north-west of the lake T'ala Qucha __NOTOC__ T'ala Qucha ( Quechua ''t'ala'' muddy, ''qucha'' lake, "muddy lake", also spelled ''Tala Khocha'') is a lake in the Potosí mountain range in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Potosí Department, José María Linares Province ... and the village ''Talaco''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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