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Qillqata (Chuquisaca)

Coordinates: 20°03′36″S 65°17′00″W / 20.06000°S 65.28333°W / -20.06000; -65.28333
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Qillqata
Qillqata is located in Bolivia
Qillqata
Qillqata
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation3,794 m (12,448 ft)[1]
Coordinates20°03′36″S 65°17′00″W / 20.06000°S 65.28333°W / -20.06000; -65.28333
Geography
LocationBolivia,
Chuquisaca Department
Parent rangeAndes

Qillqata (Aymara qillqaña to write,[2] -ta a suffix, "written" or "something written", also spelled Khelkhata) is a 3,794-metre-high (12,448 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Chuquisaca Department, Nor Cinti Province, San Lucas Municipality, near the border to the Potosí Department, José María Linares Province, Puna Municipality. It lies southeast of Otavi (Utawi).[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Otavi 6533-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. ^ "San Lucas". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on May 6, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2016.