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Ch'iyar Quta (La Paz)

Coordinates: 16°11′42″S 68°14′38″W / 16.19500°S 68.24389°W / -16.19500; -68.24389
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Ch'iyar Quta
Location of Ch'iyar Quta (La Paz) in Bolivia.
Location of Ch'iyar Quta (La Paz) in Bolivia.
Ch'iyar Quta (La Paz)
Location of Ch'iyar Quta (La Paz) in Bolivia.
Location of Ch'iyar Quta (La Paz) in Bolivia.
Ch'iyar Quta (La Paz)
LocationBolivia,
La Paz Department, Los Andes Province
Coordinates16°11′42″S 68°14′38″W / 16.19500°S 68.24389°W / -16.19500; -68.24389[1]
Surface elevation4,700 m (15,400 ft)
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Ch'iyar Quta (Aymara ch'iyara black, quta lake,[2] "black lake", hispanicized spellings Chiar Khota, Chiar Kkota, Chiar Quota) is a lake in the Cordillera Real of Bolivia situated in the La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Pucarani Municipality, Huayna Potosí Canton. It is situated at a height of about 4,700  metres (15,400 ft)[3] near the peaks of Kunturiri and east of the lake Juri Quta.

References

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  1. ^ wikimapia.org
  2. ^ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ^ summitpost.org
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