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Chhijmuri

Coordinates: 17°58′45″S 65°15′28″W / 17.97917°S 65.25778°W / -17.97917; -65.25778
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Chhijmuri
Chhijmuri is located in Bolivia
Chhijmuri
Chhijmuri
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation2,830 m (9,280 ft)[1]
Coordinates17°58′45″S 65°15′28″W / 17.97917°S 65.25778°W / -17.97917; -65.25778
Geography
LocationBolivia,
Cochabamba Department
Parent rangeAndes

Chhijmuni (Aymara chhijmu edible part of the clover plant,[2] -ri a suffix, also spelled Chijmuri) is a 2,830-metre-high (9,280 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Cochabamba Department, on the border of the Campero Province, Aiquile Municipality, and the Mizque Province, Mizque Municipality, southeast of Mizque. It lies south of the peak of Juch'uy Chhijmuri (Quechua juch'uy small, "small Chhijmuri"). The Chhijmuri Mayu originates east of the peak. It flows to the east.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivia 1:100,000 Mizque 3835
  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. ^ "Mizque". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved April 9, 2016.