Janq'u Qalani (La Paz)
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Janq'u Qalani (
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 ...
''janq'u'' white, ''qala'' stone, ''-ni'' a
suffix In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns and adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs. Suffixes can ca ...
to indicate ownership, "the one with a white stone", also spelled ''Janco Khalani, Jankho Khalani'') is a mountain in the Cordillera Real in the
Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...
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Andes The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range ...
. It lies in the La Paz Department,
Murillo Province Pedro Domingo Murillo is a province in the Bolivian La Paz Department. It was created on January 8, 1838, with the name Cercado and on October 17, 1912, during the presidency of Eliodoro Villazón, its name was changed in honor of Pedro Domingo ...
,
Palca Municipality Palca or Pallqa (Aymara) is the first municipal section of the Pedro Domingo Murillo Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Palca. Geography The Cordillera Real traverses the municipality. Some of the highest peaks of the ...
. Janq'u Qalani is situated southwest of
Mururata Mururata is a mountain in the Cordillera Real (Bolivia), Cordillera Real of Bolivia. Approximately 35 km East of La Paz, the Mururata lies to the North of the Illimani. The Mururata offers accessible climbing, as its shape does not contain di ...
, Qutapata, Churu and Wila Quta. (unnamed)


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Mountains of La Paz Department (Bolivia) Four-thousanders of the Andes {{PedroDomingoMurilloProvince-geo-stub