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Q'ulini (Bolivia)

Coordinates: 16°18′57″S 68°02′53″W / 16.31583°S 68.04806°W / -16.31583; -68.04806
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Q'ulini
Highest point
Elevation4,968 m (16,299 ft)[1]
Coordinates16°18′57″S 68°02′53″W / 16.31583°S 68.04806°W / -16.31583; -68.04806
Geography
LocationBolivia
La Paz Department, Murillo Province
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Real

Q'ulini (Aymara q'uli stripes of different colors on the shirt or undershirt which the Andean people wear,[2] -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with stripes", also spelled Kolini) is a 4,968-metre-high (16,299 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the La Paz Department, Murillo Province, La Paz Municipality. Q'ulini is situated southeast of the mountain Qala Uyu (Khala Huyo). It lies northeast of the lake Laram Quta[1][3] at the wetlands known as Pampa Larama (Pampalarama, Pamparalama).

References

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  1. ^ a b IGM map 1:50,000 5945-II sheet Milluni
  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. ^ "La Paz". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on November 2, 2014. Retrieved November 14, 2014. (unnamed)