Allqamarini (
Aymara and
Quechua ''allqamari'' "
mountain caracara",
[Juan Carvajal Carvajal, Arturo Hernández Sallés, Nelly Ramos Pizarro, Diccionario ilustrado aymara, español, inglés] ''-ni'' a
suffix
In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns, adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs. Suffixes can carry ...
to indicate ownership, "the one with the mountain caracara", also spelled ''Allkhamarini'') is a mountain in the northern part of the
Apolobamba
Apolobamba ''(Cordillera (de) Apolobamba)'' is a mountain range in the South American Andes.
Geographical Location
It is located in the eastern borderland of Peru and Bolivia. On the Bolivian side it is situated in the La Paz Department, Bolivia ...
mountain range in the
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 ...
of
Bolivia
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, about high. It is located 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 ...
. Allqamarini is situated northeast of Chuquyu and north of the small lake named Chiri Mach'ay
[Bolivian IGM map 1:100,000 3041 Pelechuco] (
Quechua for "cold cave",
[ ''Chirimachaya'').
]
References
Mountains of La Paz Department (Bolivia)
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