P'iq'iñ Q'ara (Oruro)

Coordinates: 18°58′12″S 68°53′25″W / 18.97000°S 68.89028°W

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P'iq'iñ Q'ara
P'iq'iñ Q'ara Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation	4,763 m (15,627 ft)^[1]
Coordinates	18°58′12″S 68°53′25″W / 18.97000°S 68.89028°W / -18.97000; -68.89028
Geography
Location	Bolivia, Oruro Department, Sabaya Province
Parent range	Andes, Cordillera Occidental

P'iq'iñ Q'ara (Aymara p'iq'iña head, q'ara bare, bald, p'iq'iña q'ara bald,^[2] "baldheaded", Hispanicized spelling Pekheñ Khara) is a 4,763-metre-high (15,627 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Occidental in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Sabaya Province, Sabaya Municipality. P'iq'iñ Q'ara is situated south-west of the mountain Kimsa Chata, near the border with Chile. It lies at the confluence of the rivers Chullumpiri Jawira and Lliscaya Jawira.^[3]

References

^ BIGM map 1:50,000 Cerro Capitan Hoja 5837-III
^ 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) see: Cabeza del hombre y de todos los animales and Calvo
^ "Sabaya". Archived from the original on August 13, 2014. Retrieved September 12, 2014.

v t e 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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