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Chuqi Q'awa

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Elevation
  
4,790 m

Chuqi Q'awa

Location
  
Bolivia La Paz Department

Mountain range
  
Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range, Andes

Parent ranges
  
Andes, Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range

Chuqi Q'awa (Aymara chuqi gold, q'awa little river, ditch, crevice, fissure, gap in the earth, "gold brook" or "gold ravine", Hispanicized spelling Choque Khaua) is a 4,790-metre-high (15,715 ft) mountain in the Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range in the Andes of Bolivia. It lies in the La Paz Department, Ingavi Province, Jesús de Machaca Municipality. Chuqi Q'awa is situated west of the mountain Pukara.

Map of Chuqi Q'awa, Bolivia

Chuqi Q'awa is also the name of the river east of the mountain. Its waters flows to Jach'a Jawira in the south.

References

Chuqi Q'awa Wikipedia