Kimsa Chata (Sabaya)

This article is about the mountain in the Carangas Province, Oruro Department Bolivia. For other uses, see Kimsa Chata.
Kimsa Chata
Kimsa Chata is located in Bolivia
Kimsa Chata
Kimsa Chata
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation5,245 m (17,208 ft)[1]
Coordinates18°53′00″S 68°51′52″W / 18.88333°S 68.86444°W / -18.88333; -68.86444
Geography
LocationBolivia, Oruro Department, Sabaya Province
Parent rangeAndes

Kimsa Chata (Aymara and Quechua kimsa three, Pukina chata mountain,[2][3][4] "three mountains", Hispanicized spelling Quimsa Chata) is a 5,245-metre-high (17,208 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Sabaya Province, Sabaya Municipality, Negrillos Canton. It lies south-east of the mountain Qillwiri, east of Lliscaya, north-east of Taypi Qullu and north-west of the Laram Pukara, near the border with Chile.[5]

  1. ^ BIGM map 1:50,000 Cerro Capitan Hoja 5837-III
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Lengua Pukina en Jesús de Machaca
  5. ^ Sabaya Municipality: Archived 2014-08-13 at the Wayback Machine population data and map