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Mountain in Bolivia For the mountain in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia, see Ch'uñawi (Cochabamba).
Ch'uñawi
Ch'uñawi (the highest mountain on the right) as seen from the La Cumbre mountain pass in the south-west
Highest point
Elevation4,846 m (15,899 ft)
Coordinates16°18′18″S 67°59′16″W / 16.30500°S 67.98778°W / -16.30500; -67.98778
Geography
Ch'uñawi is located in BoliviaCh'uñawiCh'uñawiBolivia
LocationBolivia,
La Paz Department, Murillo Province
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Real

Ch'uñawi (Aymara for a place where potatoes are spread as part of the procedure to prepare ch'uñu, also spelled Chunahui) is a 4,846-metre-high (15,899 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia It lies in the La Paz Department, Murillo Province, La Paz Municipality, northeast of the city of La Paz. Ch'uñawi is situated northwest of Mik'aya and Wak'ani and northeast of Jamp'aturi.

References

  1. ^ Bolivian IGM map 1:100,000 Chulumani sheet 3338
  2. Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  3. "La Paz". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on November 2, 2014. Retrieved September 25, 2014.


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