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Mountain in Bolivia
Chiwana
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Highest point
Elevation5,301 m (17,392 ft)
Coordinates21°06′14″S 67°51′52″W / 21.10389°S 67.86444°W / -21.10389; -67.86444
Geography
LocationBolivia
Potosí Department
Parent rangeAndes

Chiwana (Quechua chiway mating of birds, -na a suffix, "where the birds mate", Hispanicized spelling Chiguana) is a 5,301-metre-high (17,392 ft) mountain in Bolivia. It is located in the Potosí Department, on the border of the Nor Lípez Province, Colcha "K" Municipality, and the Quemes Municipality. The mountain lies at the Chiwana salt flat (Salar de Chiguana [es]).

See also

References

  1. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Chiguana 6030-IV
  2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. "San Pablo de Lípez". Archived from the original on January 28, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2016. (unnamed)
Potosí Department
Capital: Potosí
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