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Waka P'iqi

Coordinates: 16°54′45″S 66°38′11″W / 16.91250°S 66.63639°W / -16.91250; -66.63639
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Waka P'iqi
Waka P'iqi is located in Bolivia
Waka P'iqi
Waka P'iqi
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,578 m (15,020 ft)[1]
Coordinates16°54′45″S 66°38′11″W / 16.91250°S 66.63639°W / -16.91250; -66.63639
Geography
LocationBolivia,
Cochabamba Department
Parent rangeAndes

Waka P'iqi (Aymara waka cow, p'iqi, p'iq'iña, phiq'i, phiq'iña head,[2][3][4] "cow head", also spelled Huaca Pekhe) is a 4,578-metre-high (15,020 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Cochabamba Department, Ayopaya Province, Cocapata Municipality, west of the village of Chorito. Wak'a P'iqi lies at the left bank of the Jatun Mayu ("big river").[1][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivia 1:100,000 Comunidad Chorito 3537, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  2. ^ "Diccionario Quechua - Aymara al español". Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  3. ^ "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, 2002". Félix Layme Pairumani. Retrieved April 17, 2016. (see: Cabeza)
  4. ^ 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) see: cabeza; phiq'i; phiq'iña; p'iq'iña
  5. ^ "Morochata". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved April 17, 2016. (including Cocapata Municipality)