Chungara–Tambo Quemado ( es, Paso Chungara–Tambo Quemado) is a
mountain pass
A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge. Since many of the world's mountain ranges have presented formidable barriers to travel, passes have played a key role in trade, war, and both Human migration, human a ...
through the
Cordillera Occidental of the
Andes along the border between
Chile and
Bolivia
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. Chungara–Tambo Quemado is one of the principal Chile-Bolivia passes in the central Andes as it connects
La Paz
La Paz (), officially known as Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Spanish pronunciation: ), is the seat of government of the Bolivia, Plurinational State of Bolivia. With an estimated 816,044 residents as of 2020, La Paz is the List of Bolivian cities ...
with its nearest
seaport Arica.
See also
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K'isi K'isini
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Sura K'uchu
Soracucho (possibly from Aymara ''sura'' dry ''jiquima'', a species of Pachyrhizus, ''k'uchu, q'uch'u'' corner, see: ''Jiquima seca'';''rincón'' and ''q'uch'u'' "''sura'' corner") is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes o ...
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Uqi Uqini
Uqi Uqini (Aymara ''uqi uqi'' a species of plant, ''uqi'' brown, grey brown, the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, ''-ni'' a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with the ''uqi uqi'' plant" or "the one with ...
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Mountain passes of Chile
Mountain passes of Bolivia
Mountain passes of the Andes
Bolivia–Chile border crossings
Landforms of Arica y Parinacota Region
Landforms of Oruro Department