Llallagua
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Llallagua
Llallawa | |
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| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department | Potosí Department |
| Province | Rafael Bustillo Province |
| Municipality | Llallagua Municipality |
| Canton | Llallagua Canton |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Tomás Quiróz (Without Fear Movement; elected 2010) |
| • President | Maximo Urquieta Mitma (2007) |
| Elevation | 12,779 ft (3,895 m) |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 20,065 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BST) |
Llallagua (in hispanicized spelling) or Llallawa (Aymara for a monstrous potato (like two potatoes) or animal, Quechua for the god of seed-time during the Inca period)[1][2] is a town in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Llallagua Municipality, the third municipal section of the Rafael Bustillo Province.
Gallery
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Simon I Patiño Theatre -
Metavauxite, a rare member of the vauxite group. Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bolivia. Size: 4.2 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm.
References
- ^ 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)
- ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
External links
Media related to Llallagua at Wikimedia Commons
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