Chinkani (''chinka'' a type of water plant,
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'' No 2 - 1983, Departamento de Historia y Geografía, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica-Chile Aymara
Aymara may refer to:
Languages and people
* Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language
** Aymara language, the main language within that family
** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...
''-ni'' a
suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with the ''chinka'' plant", also spelled ''Chincani'') is a mountain east of the
Apolobamba
Apolobamba ''(Cordillera (de) Apolobamba)'' is a mountain range in the South American Andes.
Geographical Location
It is located in the eastern borderland of Peru and Bolivia. On the Bolivian side it is situated in the La Paz Department and on ...
mountain range in the
Andes
The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...
of
Bolivia
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, about high. It is located in the
La Paz Department,
Franz Tamayo Province
Franz Tamayo is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. It lies in the western part of the nation, and includes the Ulla Ulla National Reserve - which today is part of the Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural Area - in the high An ...
,
Pelechuco Municipality
Pelechuco Municipality is the second municipal section of the Franz Tamayo Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. IN 2001 it had apopulation of 5,115. Its seat is Pelechuco.
The municipality is bordered to the north by the Apolo Municipa ...
. Chinkani lies northeast of the mountain
Allqamarini
Allqamarini ( Aymara and Quechua ''allqamari'' " mountain caracara",Juan Carvajal Carvajal, Arturo Hernández Sallés, Nelly Ramos Pizarro, Diccionario ilustrado aymara, español, inglés ''-ni'' a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with th ...
and east of
Q'umir Pata
Q'umir Pata (Quechua, ''q'umir'' green, ''pata'' elevated place / above, at the top / edge, bank (of a river), shore,Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Span ...
at a small lake and river named Quchapata ''(Khochapata)''.
[Bolivian IGM map 1:100,000 3041 Pelechuco]
References
Mountains of La Paz Department (Bolivia)
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