Kuntur Wachana (Bolivia)

Kuntur Wachana (Quechua kuntur condor, wacha birth, to give birth, -na a suffix,[2][3] 'where the condor is born', also spelled Condor Huachana) is a 3,396-metre-high (11,142 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Cochabamba Department, Capinota Province, Sicaya Municipality.[1][4]

Kuntur Wachana
Kuntur Wachana
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation3,396 m (11,142 ft)[1]
Coordinates17°42′44″S 66°21′06″W
Geography
LocationBolivia,
Cochabamba Department
Parent rangeAndes

References

  1. Bolivia 1:50,000 Capinota 6340-IV
  2. Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. "Sicaya". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved March 29, 2016.


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