Wayllani (

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''waylla'' ''Stipa obtusa'', a kind of

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, ''-ni'' a

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, "the one with the feather grass", also spelled ''Huayllani'') is a mountain in the

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. It is located in the

Oruro Department Oruro (; Quechua: ''Uru Uru''; Aymara: ''Ururu'') is a department of Bolivia, with an area of . Its capital is the city of Oruro. According to the 2012 census, the Oruro department had a population of 494,178. Provinces of Oruro The depar ...

, Cercado Province, Paria Municipality (formerly Soracachi). Wayllani lies east of Jach'a Ch'ankha and southeast of Chunkara.

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