Q'illu Q'illu (Bolivia)

For the mountain in Peru, see Q'illu Q'illu.
Q'illu Q'illu
Q'illu Q'illu

Location within Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 4,560 m (14,960 ft)[1]
Coordinates 17°03′50″S 66°29′22″W / 17.06389°S 66.48944°W / -17.06389; -66.48944Coordinates: 17°03′50″S 66°29′22″W / 17.06389°S 66.48944°W / -17.06389; -66.48944
Geography
Location Bolivia,
Cochabamba Department
Parent range Andes

Q'illu Q'illu (Aymara and Quechua q'illu yellow,[2][3] the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, "a complex of yellow", or q'illu q'illu a plant (Berberis bumaelifolia),[4] also spelled Khellu Khellu) is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes which reaches a height of approximately 4,560 m (14,960 ft). It is located in the Cochabamba Department, Ayopaya Province, Morochata Municipality, northwest of the village of Qullqi Chaka (meaning "silver bridge", also spelled Colquechaca). It lies northeast of the lakes named Q'umir Qucha ("green lake", Khomer Khocha), Yana Qucha ("black lake", Yana Khocha), Parinani ("the one with flamingos") and Wallatani ("the one with Andean geese", Huallatani).[1][5]

References

  1. 1 2 Bolivia 1:100,000 Quillacollo 3636
  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. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. Susana Arrázola Rivero, Margoth Atahuachi, Edwin Saravia, Alvaro Lopez, Diversidad floristica medicinal y potencial etnofarmacológico de las plantas de los valles secos de Cochabamba - Bolivia (in Spanish), p. 70 - 76: List of plants which grow in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
  5. "Morochata". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved March 31, 2016.


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