Coordinates: 16°06′07″S 68°21′06″W / 16.10194°S 68.35167°W / -16.10194; -68.35167

Pura Purani

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Pura Purani
Pura Purani is located in Bolivia
Pura Purani
Pura Purani
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation5,318 m (17,448 ft)[1]
Coordinates16°06′07″S 68°21′06″W / 16.10194°S 68.35167°W / -16.10194; -68.35167
Geography
LocationBolivia,
La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Real

Pura Purani (Aymara pura pura Xenophyllum (or a species of it),[2] -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with the pura pura plant") is an about 5,318-metre-high (17,448 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Batallas Municipality.[3] It is between Phaq'u Kiwuta in the northeast and Mich'ini in the southwest.

References

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  1. ^ Bolivian IGM map 1.50,000 Lago Khara Kkota
  2. ^ Jorge Araya-Presa, Francisco A. Squeo, Lina Barrientos, Eliana Belmonte, Manuel Mamani, Gina Arancio, Manual de Plantas y Canciones en Aymara, PROYECTO EXPLORA-CONICYT ED7/02/085: Etnobotánica y Etnomusicología Aymara: Divulgación de la sabiduría ancestral sobre plantas nativas del Altiplano de Arica, Chile, 2003
  3. ^ "Batallas". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved February 1, 2016. (unnamed)