Laqaya (La Paz) Explained

Laqaya
Elevation M:4825
Elevation Ref:[1]
Location:Bolivia
La Paz Department
Range:Andes, Chilla-Kimsa Chata
Map:Bolivia
Label Position:right
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-16.6686°N -68.7189°W

Laqaya (Aymara for ruins of a building,[2] also spelled Lakaya) is a 4825m (15,830feet) mountain in the Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Ingavi Province, at the border of the Jesús de Machaca Municipality and the Tiwanaku Municipality.[1] [3]

Notes and References

  1. IGM map 1:50,000 5843-II Tiahuanacu
  2. Juan Carvajal Carvajal, Arturo Hernández Sallés, Nelly Ramos Pizarro, Diccionario Ilustrado Aymara-Español-Inglés (Aymara-Spanish-English 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 . (unnamed)