Churu | |
Elevation M: | 5200 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] |
Location: | Bolivia La Paz Department |
Range: | Andes, Cordillera Real |
Map: | Bolivia |
Label Position: | right |
Map Size: | 200 |
Coordinates: | -16.5444°N -67.8406°W |
Churu (Aymara for a small waru waru / a lump, Hispanicized spelling Choro) is a 5200m (17,100feet) mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Bolivian Andes. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Sud Yungas Province, Irupana Municipality, near the border with the Murillo Province, Palca Municipality. Churu lies south-west of the mountain Mururata, west of a small lake named Qillwa Quta ("gull lake", Khellhua Khota), east of the mountain Wila Quta and south-east of the mountain Qutapata.[1] [2]