Isla Incahuasi, Inkawasi or Inka Wasi (

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''Isla'' island,

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''Inka'',

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''wasi'' house,Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) "Inca house") is a hilly and rocky outcrop of land and

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situated in the middle of Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat, at an elevation of . It is located in the

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, Daniel Campos Province, Tahua Municipality, Yonza Canton. Incahuasi has a total area of and hosts gigantic cacti ('' Trichocereus pasacana'') and a tourist center. There are unusual and fragile coral-like structures and deposits that often consist of

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s and

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. The place is the top of the remains of an ancient volcano, which was submerged when the area was part of a giant prehistoric lake, roughly 40,000 years ago.

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Tahua Municipality: population data and map
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