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Uqi Uqini (Bolivia)

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Mountain in Bolivia For the mountain on the border of Bolivia and Chile Bolivia, see Uqi Uqini.
Uqi Uqini
Uqi Uqini is located in BoliviaUqi UqiniUqi UqiniLocation within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,800 m (15,700 ft)
Coordinates18°09′22″S 68°27′30″W / 18.15611°S 68.45833°W / -18.15611; -68.45833
Geography
LocationBolivia
Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco Municipality
Parent rangeAndes

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 a complex of grey-brown color", hispanicized spelling Oke Okeni) is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes which reaches a height of approximately 4,800 m (15,700 ft). It is located in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco Municipality. Uqi Uqini lies southeast of Chunkarani.

References

  1. ^ Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Estancia Marcarani 5939-IV
  2. Gabriel Martínez, Toponimos de Chuani: Organisación y significación del Territorio (in Spanish)
  3. 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)
  4. "LTurco". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved February 10, 2016. (unnamed)


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