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Ch'iqu
Ch'iqu (Quechua for workable stone, misleadingly also named ''Volcán Chico'' (Spanish for "little volcano")) is a volcano in Bolivia. It is located in the Potosí Department, Sud Lípez Province, San Pablo de Lípez Municipality San Pablo de Lípez Municipality is the first Municipalities of Bolivia, municipal section of the Sur Lípez Province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. Its seat is San Pablo de Lípez. Geography The highest mountain of the municipality is Ut .... Ch'iqu lies northeast of Qhawana. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Chiqu Volcanoes of Potosí Department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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San Pablo De Lípez Municipality
San Pablo de Lípez Municipality is the first Municipalities of Bolivia, municipal section of the Sur Lípez Province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. Its seat is San Pablo de Lípez. Geography The highest mountain of the municipality is Uturunku at . Other mountains are listed below: Subdivision The municipality consists of the following cantons: * Quetena Grande - 621 inhabitants (''2001'') * San Antonio de Lípez - 505 inhabitants * San Pablo de Lípez - 1,397 inhabitants The people The people are predominantly Indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous citizens of Quechua people, Quechua descent.obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive) References External links San Pablo de Lípez Municipality: population data and map Municipalities of Potosí Department {{Potosí-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Laguna Colorada
__NOTOC__ Laguna Colorada (''Red Lagoon'') is a shallow salt lake (geography), salt lake in the southwest of the altiplano of Bolivia, within Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve and close to the border with Chile, notable for the Red, reddish color of its waters. Contents The lake contains borax islands, whose white color contrasts with the reddish color of its waters, which is caused by red sediments and pigmentation of some algae. Geography Laguna Colorada is part of the Los Lípez (formerly Laguna Colorada) Ramsar wetland. It was listed as a "Ramsar list of wetlands of international importance, Ramsar Wetland of International Importance" in 1990. On, July 13, 2009, the site was expanded from 513.18 to to include the surrounding high Andean endorheic, hypersaline and brackish lakes and associated wetlands (known as bofedales). Fauna James's flamingos abound in the area. It is also possible to find Andean flamingo, Andean and Chilean flamingo, Chilean flamingos, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |