Qiñwani (
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 ...
''qiñwa, qiwña'' a kind of tree ''
[ (]polylepis
''Polylepis'' is a genus comprising 28 recognised shrub and tree species, that are endemic to the mid- and high-elevation regions of the tropical Andes, up to above sea level. It is distributed from Venezuela to Patagonia. In Peru, plants in the ...
)'', ''-ni'' a suffix, "the one with the ''qiwña'' tree", also spelled ''Khenwani'') is a mountain in the Andes
The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range ...
of Bolivia
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which reaches a height of approximately . It is situated in the La Paz Department, José Manuel Pando Province
José Manuel Pando is a province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It was founded on April 22, 1986, during the presidency of Víctor Paz Estenssoro. The province was named after José Manuel Pando (1848–1917) who was the president of Boli ...
, Catacora Municipality
Catacora Municipality is the second municipal section of the José Manuel Pando Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. T ...
. Qiñwani lies at the Peru
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vian border, west of the Junt'uni Jawira.[
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References
Mountains of La Paz Department (Bolivia)
Four-thousanders of the Andes
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