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Kimsa Chata (Los Andes)

Coordinates: 16°6′21″S 68°23′09″W / 16.10583°S 68.38583°W / -16.10583; -68.38583
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Kimsa Chata
Highest point
Elevation5,056 m (16,588 ft)[1]
Coordinates16°6′21″S 68°23′09″W / 16.10583°S 68.38583°W / -16.10583; -68.38583
Geography
LocationBolivia
La Paz Department, Los Andes Province
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Real

Kimsa Chata (Aymara and Quechua kimsa three,[2][3] Pukina chata mountain,[4] "three mountains") is a mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia, about 5,056 metres (16,588 ft) high. It is located in the La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality, Kirani Canton.[5] It is situated south-west of the mountains Wila Lluxi, Warawarani and Phaq'u Kiwuta, between the mountain Qala T'uxu in the north and the lake Q'ara Quta in the south.

It elevation varies from 4500 to 5056 m (approx) in the worlds longest range of the world (Andes) in South America .

References

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  1. ^ "Cordillera Real Topographical Map, Bolivia". summitpost.org. Retrieved August 23, 2014. (north is upper left)
  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. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  4. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Lengua Pukina en Jesús de Machaca
  5. ^ "Batallas". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved August 23, 2014. (unnamed)