Wallatiri (Poopó)
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Wallatiri (
Aymara Aymara may refer to: Languages and people * Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language ** Aymara language, the main language within that family ** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...
''wallata'' snow ball, snow lump;
Andean goose The Andean goose (''Chloephaga melanoptera'') is a species of waterfowl in tribe Tadornini of subfamily Anserinae.HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds ...
, ''-(i)ri'' 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 ...
, translated as "abundance of Andean geese" or "habitat of the Andean geese", hispanicized spelling ''Huallatiri'') is a mountain 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
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, about high. It is situated in the
Oruro Department Oruro (; Quechua: ''Uru Uru''; Aymara: ''Ururu'') is a department of Bolivia, with an area of . Its capital is the city of Oruro. According to the 2012 census, the Oruro department had a population of 494,178. Provinces of Oruro The departme ...
,
Poopó Province Poopó is a province in the eastern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro. Its seat is Poopó. Location Poopó province is one of the sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department. It is located between 18° 15' and 18° 50' South and betwee ...
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Poopó Municipality Poopó Municipality is the first municipal section of the Poopó Province in the Oruro Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Poopó. Geography The municipality lies east of the Desaguadero River where it connects Uru Uru Lake and Poopó Lak ...
. Wallatiri lies south of Qala Pirqata.


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