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Kimsa Chata (Ingavi)

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Elevation
  
4,735 m

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Mountain range
  
Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range, Andes

Parent ranges
  
Andes, Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range

Similar
  
Jach'a Waracha, Qalsata, Layqa Qullu, Sirk'i Qullu, Ch'iyar Juqhu

Kimsa Chata, also spelled Kimsachata, (Aymara and Quechua kimsa three, Pukina chata mountain, "three mountains", Hispanicized spellings Quimsachata, Quimsa Chata) is a 4,735-metre-high (15,535 ft) mountain in the Andes in Bolivia. It is located in the Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range south-east of WiƱaymarka Lake, the southern part of Lake Titicaca. It lies in the La Paz Department, Ingavi Province, Tiwanaku Municipality, about 15 km south of the archaeological site of Tiwanaku and the village of the same name. Kimsa Chata is situated between the mountains Nasa Puqi in the north and Chuqi Ch'iwani in the south.

Map of Kimsa Chata, Bolivia

Kimsa Chata is a ceremonial and sacred mountain of the Aymara people. This is also where the Aymara Willkakuti feast takes place.

References

Kimsa Chata (Ingavi) Wikipedia