Chawpi Urqu (Bolivia)

This article is about the mountain in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Chawpi Urqu (disambiguation).
Chawpi Urqu
Chawpi Urqu is located in Bolivia
Chawpi Urqu
Chawpi Urqu
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,617 m (15,148 ft)[1]
Coordinates14°36′30″S 69°10′32″W / 14.60833°S 69.17556°W / -14.60833; -69.17556
Geography
LocationBolivia,
La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province, Pelechuco Municipality
Parent rangeAndes, Apolobamba

Chawpi Urqu (Quechua, chawpi central, middle, urqu mountain,[2] "central mountain", also spelled Chaupi Orko) is a 4,617-metre-high (15,148 ft) mountain in the Apolobamba mountain range in Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province, Pelechuco Municipality, near the Peruvian border. Chawpi Urqu lies east of the mountains Surapata and Kulli Pata and north of Q'umir Pata.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1:100,000 3041 Pelechuco
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ "Pelechuco". ine.gob.bo. Archived from the original on December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 13, 2014.