Imilla Apachita Explained

Imilla Apachita
Elevation M:5184
Elevation Ref:[1]
Location:Bolivia
La Paz Department
Range:Andes, Cordillera Real
Map:Bolivia
Label Position:right
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-16.2783°N -68.19°W

Imilla Apachita (Aymara mimilla, imilla girl, apachita the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name in the Andes for a stone cairn, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains,[2] [3] [4] also spelled Imilla Apacheta) is a 5184m (17,008feet) mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Bolivian Andes. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Pucarani Municipality. Imilla Apachita lies between the mountains Huayna Potosí in the northeast and Wila Kunka Pata in the southwest.[1] [5]

Notes and References

  1. IGM map 1:50,000 5945-II sheet Milluni
  2. see: niña and mimilla
  3. http://www.illa-a.org/cd/diccionarios/DicAymaraMinEduPeru.odt (Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  4. Teodoro Marka M., Curso Basico de Lengua Aymara, Nociones Basicas de Lengua Aymara. p. 8
  5. Web site: Pucarani . INE, Bolivia . November 14, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141029154208/http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=021201&tipo=1 . October 29, 2014 . (unnamed)