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Taypi Qullu (Sabaya)

Coordinates: 18°54′43″S 68°52′38″W / 18.91194°S 68.87722°W / -18.91194; -68.87722
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Taypi Qullu
Taypi Qullu is located in Bolivia
Taypi Qullu
Taypi Qullu
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,600 m (15,100 ft)
Coordinates18°54′43″S 68°52′38″W / 18.91194°S 68.87722°W / -18.91194; -68.87722
Geography
LocationBolivia, Oruro Department, Sabaya Province
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Occidental

Taypi Qullu (Aymara taypi center, middle, qullu mountain,[1] "center mountain", Hispanicized spelling Taypi Kkollu) is a mountain in the Cordillera Occidental in the Andes of Bolivia, about 4,600 metres (15,092 ft) high. It is located in the Oruro Department, Sabaya Province, Sabaya Municipality, Parajaya Canton, near the border with Chile. Taypi Qullu lies south-east of the mountain Lliscaya and south-west of the mountains Laram Pukara and Kimsa Chata.[2]

References

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  1. ^ 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)
  2. ^ "Sabaya". Retrieved August 13, 2014.