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Wanaku (Chuquisaca)

Coordinates: 19°40′32″S 64°38′45″W / 19.67556°S 64.64583°W / -19.67556; -64.64583
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Wanaku
Wanaku is located in Bolivia
Wanaku
Wanaku
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation3,844 m (12,612 ft)[1]
Coordinates19°40′32″S 64°38′45″W / 19.67556°S 64.64583°W / -19.67556; -64.64583
Geography
LocationBolivia,
Chuquisaca Department
Parent rangeAndes

Wanaku (Aymara and Quechua for guanaco,[2][3] also spelled Huanaco) is a 3,844-metre-high (12,612 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Chuquisaca Department, Azurduy Province, Tarvita Municipality. Wanaku lies south of Wanaku Kimray, northwest of the village of Panti Pampa.[1][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Río San José 6634-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. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  4. ^ "Tarvita". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved April 24, 2016.