Apachita (Pando)

This article is about the mountain in the José Manuel Pando Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Apachita.
Apachita
Apachita is located in Bolivia
Apachita
Apachita
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,800 m (15,700 ft)[1]
Coordinates17°18′22″S 69°24′04″W / 17.30611°S 69.40111°W / -17.30611; -69.40111
Geography
LocationBolivia,
La Paz Department
José Manuel Pando Province
Parent rangeAndes

Apachita (Aymara for the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name for a stone cairn in the Andes, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains,[2][3] Hispanicized spelling Apacheta) is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia, about 4,800 metres (15,748 ft) high. It is situated in the La Paz Department, José Manuel Pando Province, Catacora Municipality. Apachita lies south of the mountain Wila Qullu, north-west of Ch'iyar Jaqhi and south-east of Laram Q'awa and Chuqiwa Qullu (Chuquivakkollu).[1][4]

  1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Sinejavi 5742-III
  2. ^ http://www.illa-a.org/cd/diccionarios/DicAymaraMinEduPeru.odt (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. ^ "Catacora". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on November 6, 2014. Retrieved November 7, 2014.