Apachita Pura Pura ( Aymara and Quechua ''apachita'' the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of 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 ...

; name in the Andes for a stone cairn, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains, Aymara ''pura pura'' ''

Xenophyllum ''Xenophyllum'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. The genus was erected in 1997 for several species formerly treated in genus ''Werneria''. These plants grow in the high mountains of the Andes The Andes, Andes Mountai ...

'' (or a species of it),Jorge Araya-Presa, Francisco A. Squeo, Lina Barrientos, Eliana Belmonte, Manuel Mamani, Gina Arancio, Manual de Plantas y Canciones en Aymara, PROYECTO EXPLORA-CONICYT ED7/02/085: Etnobotánica y Etnomusicología Aymara: Divulgación de la sabiduría ancestral sobre plantas nativas del Altiplano de Arica, Chile, 2003. also spelled ''Apacheta Pura Pura'') is a mountain in 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

Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center , flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...

, about high. It is situated 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 ...

, northwest of the mountain

Rit'i Apachita Rit'i Apachita (Quechua, ''rit'i'' snow, Aymara and Quechua ''apachita'' the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name in the Andes for a stone cairn, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high ...

and southeast of Chuquyu.BIGM map 1:50,000 3041 Pelechuco (unnamed)

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Mountains of La Paz Department (Bolivia) {{LaPazBO-geo-stub