Tanka_Tanka_(La_Paz)

Tanka Tanka (La Paz)

Tanka Tanka (La Paz)

Mountain in Bolivia

For the mountain in the Oruro Department, Bolivia, see Tanka Tanka (Oruro). For the archaeological site in Peru, see Tanqa Tanqa.

Tanka Tanka (Aymara tanka hat or biretta,[2] the reduplication indicates that there is a group of something, "many hats (or birettas)") is a 4,643-metre-high (15,233 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the La Paz Department, Aroma Province, Sica Sica Municipality.[1][3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Sicasica 6042-II
  2. [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. [3]
    "Sica Sica". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved February 15, 2016.


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