Apachita Pura Pura

Apachita Pura Pura (Aymara and Quechua apachita the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; name in the Andes for a stone cairn, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains, Aymara pura pura Xenophyllum (or a species of it),[1][2][3][4] also spelled Apacheta Pura Pura) is a mountain in the Apolobamba mountain range in Bolivia, about 5,360 metres (17,585 ft) high. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province, Pelechuco Municipality, northwest of the mountain Rit'i Apachita and southeast of Chuquyu.[5][6]

Apachita Pura Pura
Apachita Pura Pura
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation5,360 m (17,590 ft)
Coordinates14°43′28″S 69°9′06″W 
Geography
LocationBolivia,
La Paz Department
Parent rangeAndes, Apolobamba

References
  1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  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. http://www.illa-a.org/cd/diccionarios/DicAymaraMinEduPeru.odt (Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  4. Jorge Araya-Presa, Francisco A. Squeo, Lina Barrientos, Eliana Belmonte, Manuel Mamani, Gina Arancio, Manual de Plantas y Canciones en Aymara, PROYECTO EXPLORA-CONICYT ED7/02/085: Etnobotánica y Etnomusicología Aymara: Divulgación de la sabiduría ancestral sobre plantas nativas del Altiplano de Arica, Chile, 2003.
  5. BIGM map 1:50,000 3041 Pelechuco (unnamed)
  6. "Pelechuco". ine.gob.bo. Archived from the original on December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2014.


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