Wisk'achani (

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 ...

'' wisk'acha'' a rodent, ''-ni'' 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 ...

to indicate ownership, "the one with the viscacha", Hispanicized spelling ''Viscachani'') is a mountain in the Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range 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 ...

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. It is situated in the La Paz Department,

Ingavi Province Ingavi is a province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. This is where the Battle of Ingavi occurred on November 18, 1841 and where the World Heritage Site of Tiwanaku is situated. During the presidency of Eliodoro Villazón the province was f ...

Jesús de Machaca Municipality Jesús de Machaca Municipality is the sixth municipal section of the Ingavi Province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It was created by Law No. 2351 on May 7, 2002, during the presidency of Jorge Quiroga Ramírez. Its seat is Jesús de M ...

, north-east of Ch'ama ''(Chama)''. Wisk'achani lies north of the mountain Imill Wawani, north-east of

Jisk'a Sallalla Jisk'a Sallalla (Aymara ''jisk'a'' little, ''sallalla'' a big heap of quinoa, ''Sallalla'' a mountain next to Jisk'a Sallalla, "little Sallalla", also spelled ''Jiskha Sallala'') is a mountain in the Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range in the An ...

and Sallalla and south-east of

Q'ullq'uni Q'ullq'uni (Aymara ''q'ullq'u'' narrowness, strait, narrow pass, ''-ni'' a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a strait", also spelled ''Khullkuni'') is a mountain in the Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range in the Andes of Bolivia. It is ...

. The river Wila Jaqhi Jahuira ("red rock river", ''Wila Jakke Jahuira'') originates east of the mountain. It flows to the north-east. (unnamed)

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