Chinchillani (Oruro)

Mountain in Bolivia

This article is about the mountain in the Oruro Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Chinchillani.

Chinchillani

Chinchillani

Location within Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation| 4,122 m (13,524 ft)[1]
Coordinates| 18°39′50″S 68°38′04″W﻿ / ﻿18.66389°S 68.63444°W﻿ / -18.66389; -68.63444
Geography
Location| Bolivia, Oruro Department, Sabaya Province, Sabaya Municipality
Parent range| Andes

Chinchillani (Aymara chinchilla a kind of rodent,[2] -ni a suffix, "the one with the chinchillas) is a 4,122-metre-high (13,524 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Sabaya Province, Sabaya Municipality, south of the Lauca River in Bolivia.

Northwest of Chinchillani there are two craters named Jach'a P'iya ("big hole", Jachcha Phiya) and Jisk'a P'iya ("little hole", Jiskha Phiya). They lie north of Wila Jaqhi ("red cliff", Wila Jakke) and a complex called Volcán Apagado (Spanish for "extinct volcano") or Volcán Quemado (Spanish for "burnt volcano").[1][3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Estancia Miraflores 5838-II
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. ^ "Sabaya". Archived from the original on August 13, 2014. Retrieved February 1, 2016. (unnamed)

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Oruro Department

Capital: Oruro

Provinces|

* Atahuallpa
* Carangas
* Cercado
* Eduardo Avaroa
* Ladislao Cabrera
* Litoral
* Puerto de Mejillones
* Nor Carangas
* Pantaléon Dalence Province
* Poopó
* Sajama
* San Pedro de Totora
* Saucarí
* Sebastián Pagador
* Sud Carangas
* Tomas Barrón

Municipalities (and seats)|

* Andamarca (Andamarca)
* Antequera (Antequera)
* Belén de Andamarca (Belén de Andamarca)
* Caracollo (Caracollo)
* Carangas (Carangas)
* Challapata (Challapata)
* Chipaya (Chipaya)
* Choquecota (Choquecota)
* Coipasa (Coipasa)
* Corque (Corque)
* Cruz de Machacamarca (Machacamarca)
* Curahuara de Carangas (Curahuara de Carangas)
* El Choro (El Choro)
* Escara (Escara)
* Esmeralda (Esmeralda)
* Eucaliptus (Eucaliptus)
* Huachacalla (Huachacalla)
* Huayllamarca (Huayllamarca)
* La Rivera (La Rivera)
* Machacamarca (Machacamarca)
* Oruro (Oruro)
* Pampa Aullagas (Pampa Aullagas)
* Paria (Soracachi)
* Pazña (Pazña)
* Sabaya (Sabaya)
* Salinas de Garci Mendoza (Salinas de Garci Mendoza)
* Santiago de Huari (Santiago de Huari)
* Santuario de Quillacas (Santuario de Quillacas)
* Todos Santos (Todos Santos)
* Toledo (Toledo)
* Totora (Totora)
* Turco (Turco)
* Huanuni (Huanuni)
* Poopó (Poopó)
* Yunguyo del Litoral (Yunguyo)

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