Puma Apachita (Aymara and Quechua puma cougar, puma, apachita the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes; a stone cairn, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains,[2][3][4] also spelled Puma Apacheta) is a mountain in the Tunari mountain range of the Bolivian Andes, about 4,920 m (16,142 ft) high. It is situated in the Cochabamba Department, Quillacollo Province, Quillacollo Municipality, northwest of Cochabamba. Puma Apachita lies southeast of Jatun Q'asa.[5][6]

Puma Apachita
Highest point
Elevation4,920 m (16,140 ft)[1]
Coordinates17°12′47″S 66°25′39″W / 17.21306°S 66.42750°W / -17.21306; -66.42750
Geography
LocationBolivia,
Cochabamba Department
Parent rangeAndes, Tunari mountain range

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  1. ^ Evelio Echevarría, Cordillera de Cocapata, Bolivia, The Alpine Journal, 1997
  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. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  4. ^ http://www.illa-a.org/cd/diccionarios/DicAymaraMinEduPeru.odt (Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  5. ^ "Quillacollo". ine.gob.bo. Archived from the original on April 9, 2016. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  6. ^ Bolivia 1:100,000 Quillacollo 3636