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Ch'usiqani (Chuquisaca)

Coordinates: 18°36′36″S 65°24′54″W / 18.61000°S 65.41500°W / -18.61000; -65.41500
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Ch'usiqani
Ch'usiqani is located in Bolivia
Ch'usiqani
Ch'usiqani
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation3,612 m (11,850 ft)[1]
Coordinates18°36′36″S 65°24′54″W / 18.61000°S 65.41500°W / -18.61000; -65.41500
Geography
LocationBolivia,
Chuquisaca Department
Parent rangeAndes

Ch'usiqani (Aymara ch'usiqa (barn) owl,[2] -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with the owl (or owls)", also spelled Chusekani, erroneously also Chudexani) is a 3,612-metre-high (11,850 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Chuquisaca Department, Oropeza Province, Poroma Municipality.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivia 1:50,000 Poroma 6538-III
  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. ^ "Poroma". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on April 15, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2016.