Turi Turini (Cochabamba)

Coordinates: 16°58′28″S 66°38′03″W / 16.97444°S 66.63417°W / -16.97444; -66.63417
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Turi Turini
Turi Turini is located in Bolivia
Turi Turini
Turi Turini
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,640 m (15,220 ft)[1]
Coordinates16°58′28″S 66°38′03″W / 16.97444°S 66.63417°W / -16.97444; -66.63417
Geography
LocationBolivia,
Cochabamba Department
Parent rangeAndes

Turi Turini (Aymara turi tower,[2] the reduplication indicates that there is a group of something, -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a group of towers", also spelled Tori Torini) is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes which reaches a height of approximately 4,640 m (15,220 ft). It is located in the Cochabamba Department, Ayopaya Province, Morochata Municipality, southwest of the village of Chorito.[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Bolivia 1:100,000 Comunidad Chorito 3537, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  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. ^ "Morochata". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved April 17, 2016. (including Cocapata Municipality)