Qillwiri Explained

Qillwiri
Location:Bolivia, Oruro Department, Sabaya Province
Chile, Arica y Parinacota Region
Range:Andes, Cordillera Occidental
Map:Bolivia
Label Position:right
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-18.8431°N -68.9256°W

Qillwiri (Aymara qillwa, qiwña, qiwlla Andean gull,[1] [2] -(i)ri a suffix, also spelled Khellhuiri) is a mountain in the Andes on the border of Bolivia and Chile. On the Chilean side it is located in the Arica y Parinacota Region. It is situated in the Cordillera Occidental between the mountains Pukintika in the north-west and Lliscaya in the south-east, east of the Suriri salt flat. On the Bolivian side the mountain lies in the Oruro Department, Sabaya Province, Sabaya Municipality.[3] [4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, 2002. Félix Layme Pairumani. December 12, 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923181117/http://www.aymara.ucb.edu.bo/html/diccionario/castellano%20aymara/ag.html. September 23, 2015. (see: Gaviota)
  2. Programas de Educación Intercultural Bilingüe, Sector Lengua Indígena Aymara, Ministerio de Educación, Chile 2011
  3. BIGM map 1:50,000 Cerro Capitan Hoja 5837-III
  4. Web site: Sabaya. . September 12, 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140813210024/http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=040901&tipo=1. August 13, 2014.