Apachita (Ingavi) Explained

Apachita
Elevation M:4556
Elevation Ref:[1]
Location:Bolivia
La Paz Department
Range:Andes, Chilla-Kimsa Chata
Map:Bolivia
Label Position:right
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-16.7631°N -68.5361°W

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] Hispanicized spelling Apacheta) is a 4556m (14,948feet) mountain in the Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range in the Andes of Bolivia. It lies in the La Paz Department, Ingavi Province, Jesús de Machaca Municipality, north-east of Ch'ama (Chama). Apachita is situated south-west of the mountain Ch'utu Wankarani and north-east of the mountain Imill Wawani.[1] [3]

Notes and References

  1. IGM map 1:50,000 5843-I Sacacani
  2. http://www.illa-a.org/cd/diccionarios/DicAymaraMinEduPeru.odt (Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  3. Web site: Jesús de Machaca . . INE, Bolivia . October 23, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160204145437/http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=020806&tipo=1 . February 4, 2016 .