Kimsa Chata (Ingavi) Explained

Kimsa Chata
Elevation M:4735
Elevation Ref:[1]
Location:Bolivia, La Paz Department, Ingavi Province
Range:Andes, Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range
Map:Bolivia
Label Position:right
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-16.66°N -68.6725°W

Kimsa Chata, also spelled Kimsachata, (Aymara and Quechua kimsa three, Pukina chata mountain,[2] "three mountains", spellings Quimsachata, Quimsa Chata) is a 4735m (15,535feet) mountain in the Andes in Bolivia. It is located in the Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range south-east of Wiñaymarka Lake, the southern part of Lake Titicaca. It lies in the La Paz Department, Ingavi Province, Tiwanaku Municipality, about 15 km south of the archaeological site of Tiwanaku and the village of the same name. Kimsa Chata is situated between the mountains Nasa Puqi in the north and Chuqi Ch'iwani in the south.[1] [3] [4]

Kimsa Chata is a ceremonial and sacred mountain of the Aymara people.[5] This is also where the Aymara Willkakuti feast takes place.[6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Bolivian IGM map 1:250,000 La Paz SE-19-03
  2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Lengua Pukina en Jesús de Machaca
  3. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Tiahuanacu 5844-II
  4. Web site: Tiawanacu . INE, Bolivia . October 23, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141023083149/http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=020803&tipo=1 . October 23, 2014 .
  5. http://www.eldiario.net/noticias/2006/2006_10/nt061026/5nal.php?pag=5_07nal.html
  6. Web site: Tiwanaku. A la ceremonia del retorno del sol le anteceden ritos que se realizan en las montañas. . Viceministerio de Descolonización (Bolivia). March 24, 2014.