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Ch'apini

Coordinates: 17°08′20″S 67°33′45″W / 17.13889°S 67.56250°W / -17.13889; -67.56250
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Ch'apini
Ch'apini is located in Bolivia
Ch'apini
Ch'apini
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation3,474 m (11,398 ft)[1]
Coordinates17°08′20″S 67°33′45″W / 17.13889°S 67.56250°W / -17.13889; -67.56250
Geography
LocationBolivia
La Paz Department, Loayza Province, Luribay Municipality
Parent rangeAndes

Ch'apini (Aymara jach'a big, ch'api thorn,[2] -ni a suffix, "the big one with thorns", also spelled Chapini) is a 3,474-metre-high (11,398 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the La Paz Department, Loayza Province, Luribay Municipality. Ch'apini lies at the Luribay River, southeast of Jach'a Ch'apini ("big Ch'apini").[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Luribay 6042-I
  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)
  3. ^ "Luribay". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on February 15, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2016.