Tankani ( Aymara ''tanka'' hat and

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of priests, ''-ni'' a

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to indicate ownership, "the one with a biretta", Hispanicized spelling ''Tancani'') is a mountain in the

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. It is located in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, in the north of the

Turco Municipality Turco Municipality is the second Municipalities of Bolivia, municipal section of the Sajama Province in the Oruro Department in Bolivia, and was founded on February 15, 1957.

. Tankani is situated west of the mountain Yaritani and north-east of the mountain Mamaniri. (unnamed)

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