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Qhapaqa (La Paz)

Coordinates: 17°24′06″S 67°46′42″W / 17.40167°S 67.77833°W / -17.40167; -67.77833
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Qhapaqa
Qhapaqa is located in Bolivia
Qhapaqa
Qhapaqa
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,362 m (14,311 ft)[1]
Coordinates17°24′06″S 67°46′42″W / 17.40167°S 67.77833°W / -17.40167; -67.77833
Geography
LocationBolivia
La Paz Department, Aroma Province
Parent rangeAndes

Qhapaqa (Aymara for "king", "sir" or "rich",[2] also spelled Capaja) is a 4,362-metre-high (14,311 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes, part of the La Paz Department of Aroma Province, near the Sica Sica Municipality southwest of Ayamaya.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Chijmuni 6041-IV
  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. ^ "Sica Sica". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on February 25, 2016. Retrieved February 9, 2016.