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Wila Qullu (Curahuara de Carangas)

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Wila Qullu
Satellite image showing the Paya Chata mountains and Wila Qullu north-east of them (with north to the top right corner)
Highest point
Elevation5,140 m (16,860 ft)[1]
Coordinates18°06′46″S 69°05′17″W / 18.11278°S 69.08806°W / -18.11278; -69.08806
Geography
Map
LocationBolivia
Parent rangeAndes

Wila Qullu (Aymara wila red, blood, qullu mountain,[2][3] "red mountain", Hispanicized spelling Wila Kkollu) is a mountain in the Oruro Department in the Andes of Bolivia, about 5,140 metres (16,864 ft) high. Wila Qullu is situated in the Sajama Province, in the west of the Curahuara de Carangas Municipality, west of the extinct Sajama volcano and north-east of the Paya Chata mountains. It lies south-west of the mountain Phaq'u Q'awa.[1][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b BIGM map 1:50,000 Nevados Payachata Hoja 5739-I
  2. ^ "Diccionario Quechua - Aymara al español". katari.org. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ "Curahuara de Carangas". Retrieved September 15, 2014.