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Inka Wasi (Bolivia)

Coordinates: 19°44′12″S 64°40′26″W / 19.73667°S 64.67389°W / -19.73667; -64.67389
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Inka Wasi
Inka Wasi is located in Bolivia
Inka Wasi
Inka Wasi
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation3,146 m (10,322 ft)[1]
Coordinates19°44′12″S 64°40′26″W / 19.73667°S 64.67389°W / -19.73667; -64.67389
Geography
LocationBolivia,
Chuquisaca Department
Parent rangeAndes

Inka Wasi (Quechua inka Inca, wasi house,[2] "Inca house", also spelled Inca Huasi) is a 3,146-metre-high (10,322 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Chuquisaca Department, Azurduy Province, Tarvita Municipality. Inka Wasi lies southwest of Muyu Urqu and north of Pukara. The Laqha Mayu ("dark river") originates north of the mountain. Its waters flow to the Pillku Mayu (Quechua for "red river").[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Río San José 6634-I
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ "Tarvita". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on April 26, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2016.