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Tanka Tanka (Oruro)

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Coordinates: 17°53′48″S 68°13′40″W / 17.89667°S 68.22778°W / -17.89667; -68.22778
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For the mountain in the La Paz Department, Bolivia, see Tanka Tanka (Bolivia). For the archaeological site in Peru, see Tanqa Tanqa.
Tanka Tanka
Tanka Tanka is located in Bolivia
Tanka Tanka
Tanka Tanka
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,014 m (13,169 ft)[1]
Coordinates17°53′48″S 68°13′40″W / 17.89667°S 68.22778°W / -17.89667; -68.22778
Geography
LocationBolivia, Oruro Department
Parent rangeAndes

Tanka Tanka (Aymara tanka hat or biretta,[2] the reduplication indicates that there is a group of something, "many hats (or birettas)", also spelled Tankha Tankha) is a 4,014-metre-high (13,169 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, San Pedro de Totora Province. Tanka Tanka lies at the Sulluma River, southeast of Lluqu Lluqu.[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Huacanapi 5940-II
  2. ^ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary) see: Corazón
  3. ^ "Totora". Retrieved April 13, 2016.

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