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Ch'apiri

Coordinates: 17°57′45″S 68°23′55″W / 17.96250°S 68.39861°W / -17.96250; -68.39861
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Ch'apiri
Ch'apiri is located in Bolivia
Ch'apiri
Ch'apiri
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,302 m (14,114 ft)[1]
Coordinates17°57′45″S 68°23′55″W / 17.96250°S 68.39861°W / -17.96250; -68.39861
Geography
LocationBolivia, Oruro Department
Parent rangeAndes

Ch'apiri (Aymara ch'api thorn,[2] -(i)ri a suffix, also spelled Chapairi) is a 4,302-metre-high (14,114 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Curahuara de Carangas Municipality.The mountain is situated east of a village with the same name. The Ch'apiri River originates at the mountain.. It flows to Curahuara de Carangas in the north.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Curahuara de Carangas 5940-III
  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. ^ "Curahuara de Carangas". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2016.