Apachita (

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for the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the

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; name for a stone cairn in the

, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains, Hispanicized spelling ''Apacheta'') is a mountain in the

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, about high. It is situated in the La Paz Department,

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. Apachita lies south of the mountain Wila Qullu, north-west of Ch'iyar Jaqhi and south-east of Laram Q'awa and Chuqiwa Qullu ''(Chuquivakkollu)''.

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