Turi Turini (Cochabamba)

This article is about the mountain in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Turi Turini.
Turi Turini
Turi Turini

Location within Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 4,640 m (15,220 ft) [1]
Coordinates 16°58′28″S 66°38′03″W / 16.97444°S 66.63417°W / -16.97444; -66.63417Coordinates: 16°58′28″S 66°38′03″W / 16.97444°S 66.63417°W / -16.97444; -66.63417
Geography
Location Bolivia,
Cochabamba Department
Parent range Andes

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. 1 2 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)


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