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Jist'aña (
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for to close and for to carry bulky packages, also spelled ''Jisthana''), also known as Pirámide Blanca (
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for "white piramid"), is a mountain in the Cordillera Real in the
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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 ...
, about high. It is situated in the La Paz Department, at the border of the Los Andes Province,
Pucarani Municipality Pucarani Municipality is the first municipal section of the Los Andes Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Pucarani. It is bordered to the north by the Batallas Municipality, to the east by the Pedro Domingo Murillo Province ...
, and the
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 ...
, La Paz Municipality. Jist'aña lies between the mountain Kunturiri of the La Paz Municipality in the southeast and the peaks of Kunturiri of the Los Andes Province in the northwest. The rivers Kunturiri ''(Condoriri)'' and Jist'aña Jawira ''(Jistano Jahuira)'' originate near the mountain. Kunturiri River flows to Ch'iyar Quta, a lake southwest of Jist'aña, and Jist'aña Jawira which later is named Uma Pallqa ''(Uma Palca)'' flows to the northeast. (unnamed)


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