Turi Turini (La Paz)

For the mountain southwest of Mallachuma in the Malla Municipality, Loayza Province, La Department, Bolivia, see Turi Turini (Malla). For other uses, see Turini.
Turi Turini
Turi Turini

Location within Bolivia

Highest point
Coordinates 16°57′46″S 67°25′31″W / 16.96278°S 67.42528°W / -16.96278; -67.42528Coordinates: 16°57′46″S 67°25′31″W / 16.96278°S 67.42528°W / -16.96278; -67.42528
Geography
Location Bolivia,
La Paz Department, Loayza Province, Malla Municipality
Parent range Andes

Turi Turini (Aymara turi tower,[1] 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 Torri Torrini) is a mountain in the La Paz Department in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Loayza Province, Malla Municipality, northeast of Mallachuma.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 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)
  2. ↑ "Malla". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved February 23, 2016.



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