Wayllani (La Paz)

For the mountain in the Oruro Department, Bolivia, see Wayllani.
Wayllani
Wayllani

Location in Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 4,172 m (13,688 ft)[1]
Coordinates 16°46′24″S 68°28′42″W / 16.77333°S 68.47833°W / -16.77333; -68.47833Coordinates: 16°46′24″S 68°28′42″W / 16.77333°S 68.47833°W / -16.77333; -68.47833
Geography
Location Bolivia,
La Paz Department
Ingavi Province, Los Andes Province
Parent range Andes, Chilla-Kimsa Chata

Wayllani[2] (Aymara waylla Stipa obtusa, a kind of feather grass,[3][4] -ni a suffix, "the one with the feather grass", also spelled Huayllani) is a 4,172 m (13,688 ft) mountain in the Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Ingavi Province, on the border of the municipalities of Jesús de Machaca and Viacha. It lies southeast of Turini.[2][5]

References

  1. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Cerro Letanias 5943-IV
  2. 1 2 Ley No. 2351, Ley de 7 de Mayo de 2002
  3. Plan de desarollo municipal Municipio de Turco (Spanish)
  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)
  5. "Jesús de Machaca". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved February 4, 2016. (unnamed)
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