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Lik'ichiri

Lik'ichiri
Lik'ichiri is located in Bolivia
Lik'ichiri
Lik'ichiri
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,086 m (13,406 ft)[1]
Coordinates19°28′50″S 65°43′30″W / 19.48056°S 65.72500°W / -19.48056; -65.72500
Geography
LocationBolivia
Potosí Department,
Tomás Frías Province
Parent rangeAndes

Lik'ichiri (Aymara lik'i fat, grease, fatness[2] -chiri a suffix, "fat remover", lik'ichiri a supernatural creature of the Andean cultures,[3] hispanicized spelling Likhichiri, equivalent to pishtaco)[4] is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia in the Potosí Department, Tomás Frías Province, Potosí Municipality.[5] It lies north of Potosí and the river Samasa and east of the village Tarapaya. Lik'ichiri is about 4,086 metres (13,406 ft) high.

References

  1. ^ BIGM map 1.50,000 6435-I Don Diego (Linkhichiri 4,086 m)
  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. ^ unexplained-mysteries.com Andean Fat Stealers
  4. ^ Gilles Rivière. Lik'ichiri y kharisiri. A propósito de las representaciones del "otro" en la sociedad aymara Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine. Bulletin de l'IFEA 20(1), 1991, Lima, pp. 23–40.
  5. ^ lib.utexas.edu Map of the area (Likhichiri)